[arachne] Re: Follow the Apple bunch ?? was Re: handheld printer

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Hi Rob,
      You are right!!   You just repeated and re-emphasized
what I said....BUT...that doesn't mean I have to follow
in their footsteps !  :-}

Eric


On Mon, 25 May 2009 10:11:05 -0500 (CDT) Rob <robo13@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
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> Hey All.
>   I think the computer is an appliance. It's a modern convenience
> to get something done. It's just not considered to be a hobby to
> alot of people. It's a tool for tasks or entertainment like a
> car or TV. I doubt that every person on this list would rebuild
> the transmission or throttlebody on their car or rebuild a
> circuit in their TV. Many people's lives nowadays are too busy
> for that. A friend of mine had an IMac, then got a PC with XP.
> She's now back to Mac and much happier for it. She has a degree
> in Fine Arts from the University, and the Mac suits her much
> better, and she couldn't give a crap about a file extension.
> Why should she. She just wants it to work. There's a reason
> DOS is dying, it doesn't work for people in a modern world,
> and like it or not, consumers are the last judge of a product.
> BTW, I mainly use a keyboard and hardly touch a mouse, but the
> mouse is just a tool to make life easier for people, I see
> nothing wrong with it's use. People are going to use what works
> best for them.
> Rob
> 
> On Mon, 25 May 2009, Eric S. Emerson wrote:
> 
> > From: Eric S. Emerson <wildrice5@xxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 12:38:53 -0700
> > To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [arachne] Follow the Apple bunch ?? was Re: handheld 
> printer
> > X-Mailer: Juno 4.0.5
> > 
> > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> >
> > Hi Jason, Glenn G.,
> >          It is my opinion that Apple devotees think
> > just like the Windows devotees.  The Apple
> > bunch just have allegence to another brand.
> > They are composed mostly of individuals who
> > don't care what the file extension is or what
> > the extension means. They are just interested
> > in what key to push to get a final result. The
> > computer to them is just another appliance
> > like a TV . Oops, not exactly correct....they
> > would rather click on an icon than press a key !
> >
> >   I have no desire to follow in their footsteps !!!
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 24 May 2009 21:48:19 -0400 Jason <jasorn@xxxxxxxxx> 
> writes:
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> >>
> >> Glenn Gilbreath Jr. wrote:
> >>> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> >>>
> >>> You know, something that most of us on this list forget about is
> >> the economics involved with tech gadgets, peripherals included.  
> We
> >> salvage stuff, by flea market bargains, dumpster dive, etc.,
> >> so....how can we possibly expect OEMs to cater to our very
> >> specialized needs?  The ROI just isn't there to justify the 
> expense
> >> of supporting some of our gadgets.  Plus, if you want to see an 
> OEM
> >> go bankrupt, convince them to forego 90 percent of possible
> >> market/sales and forget about getting their gadget "Certified for
> >> Windows".
> >>> One final thought...in the Mac club, you rarely see complaints
> >> about Apple "no longer supporting the Mac 6,7" etc, no bitching
> >> about lack of drivers for the old Apple Lisa...the users EXPECT 
> to
> >> totally and completely replace their Mac hardware and software, 
> not
> >> carrying 25 yrs plus of baggage with them to the new Mac OS.
> >>> Perhaps we in the old PC club expect too much??  I don't know, 
> but
> >> I sometimes wonder.
> >>>
> >> Na, the apple model is worse in my opinion.
> >>
> >> The bitching isn't about the lack of drivers(well some bitch 
> about
> >> that).  Rather it's about the lack of specs so the community can
> >> create
> >> drivers.  Then again they'll reverse engineer it if it comes to
> >> that.
> >>
> >> Yeah, apple owner are nuts.
> >

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