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- From: irie@husc11.harvard.edu (Robert E. Irie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: comments
- Message-ID: <IRIE.92Dec22122044@husc11.harvard.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 17:20:44 GMT
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- In-reply-to: mks@TENET.EDU's message of 22 Dec 92 14:42:50 GMT
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- In article <Pine.3.03.9212220850.B1017-a100000@abernathy.tenet.edu> mks@TENET.EDU (Michael Stanfield) writes:
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- enjoyed using it for 2 years also. What I don't understand is why some of
- you exclusive ][ owners want to make this conflict into a forum for Mac
-
- because its fun? :)
-
- bashing. I have read comments which question Mac owners intelligence as
- well as the merit of any Macintosh product. Get real, Mac owners didn't
-
- Well I am not sure of others, but as User Assistant here in a lab full
- of Macs (and PCs) I would say CURRENTLY, that the AVERAGE Mac user is
- less computer literate than the AVERAGE II user. Why? it's simple- the
- Mac was targeted for the "rest of us" (a shameless advocacy for
- mediocrity I think) Those of us who still use II's use it only because
- we love it and know almost everything there is to know about it.
-
- This is not to say that MAc PROGRAMMERS are dumb-obviously they are not-
- and this is not to say EVERYONE should dump their macs and get a II.
- But the fact DOES remain that the average user knows less about computers,
- and more importanty, doesnt want to learn more.
-
- As for Mac products, again, I dislike its closed hardware/software
- philosophy. Some person mentioned how much better PC's are to Macs,
- and I agree. for $2000 you can get a top of the line clone. What kind
- of Mac system can you get for $2000? Instead of offering a choice
- between a CLI and GUI like the II and PC do, you are restricted to the
- GUI in a Mac. Also, it's one thing to have a lot of companies making
- clones, but I think its positively ridiculous to have ONE company
- produce so many varieties of the same basic machine. (Lemme see if I
- get all this: the Mac Classic oops didnt Apple DISCONTINUE that
- already? Classic II, IIci, IIvx,Quadra (two types), Powerbook (three
- types? one which has already been DISCONTINUED after a few months)
- Performa) This list doesnt even include the SE/30, IIcx, IIx,etc etc.
- Granted some of these are no longer being made, but the list of
- current computers that are being sold is staggering. Granted also
- that they are "targetted" at different audiences, from the Very Very
- Rich , Very Rich, all the way down to just plain Rich. What does
- Apple think of the Mac? A disposable computer?
-
-
- cause this problem, Apple did. I love my Apple //e, but does that mean I
- should burn my Mac in support of project Apple Storm? Focus on the real
- enemy guys!
-
- Well, Apple neglected the II because it wanted to cater to Mac users.
- Now wouldnt they be considered the "enemy" as well? I myself dont
- "hate" mac owners, but I do look down on them. But that's my own bias,
- engendered from my own background in technical matters.
-
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- Senior ES Major, Harvard College irie@husc.bitnet
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