[muglo] Re: Argument over PC's and Macs on Ivey list

Ralph Furmaniak:

> First off, http://www.pctomac.com/ has some good information.

Hi Ralph.  Thanks for the reply.
 
> Once again, specific points would be easier to defend against.

Yes, that's what I told them. I said the thread was dead until they provided
some information.  Nothing came back.
 
> There's also the article on the politician who was trapped in his car due to
> a crash of the computer system.  They eventually had to take a sledgehammer
> to the windows.  Appropriate enough, since it was of course running WinCE.

Wow, I didn't hear that one.
 
> That arts reference is uncalled for.  OS X is really catching on with the
> tech crowd.  For example http://conferences.oreillynet.com/macosx2002/ .
> Slashdot has become really pro-mac lately.
> Also bioinformatics, and other such stuff is really big on macs.  Carnegie
> Mellon, Yale, Waterloo, and many other universities have mac labs.

A lot of what they said was uncalled for.  The distributed systems tested on
the G3/266's in California were great as well.  The list is a mile long.  I
have never thought Macs were the underdog.
 
> If you want a reaction just bring in a powerbook.  I don't suppose you have
> a 17" lying around? ;-)

Thought of getting one, but they're not truly portable.  The 15 is what I'm
going for, if they ever bring them out.
 
> The apple site has some good information:
> http://www.apple.com/education/hed/
> 
> Anyways, if they want to buy cheap laptops and increase windows'
> stranglehold (does anyone want to do business with microsoft?) then let
> them.  It was said that even if the latest version of windows set your chair
> on fire every time you used it, it would still be the standard.  Think
> different anyone?

Good point.  I wasn't in the position of telling them they should get a Mac,
I was just saying that's what I was getting.  I had no clue they'd jump on
me and try to clobber me with irresponsible comments stemming from no
research.

Cheers


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