Re: [CH] Issues, O.T. mostly.
The Lash (info@thelash.com)
Tue, 17 Dec 2002 17:01:09 -0500
At 03:26 PM 12/17/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Ok, fine, have your own opinions, as Luddite as they may be...
Luddite?!! Come man, I have a wet toilet paper dispenser... and anyway,
Luddite is a pretty big word for someone from Indiana to be using...
>Macs cost more than PCs? --- BMWs cost more than Saturns. Same
>argument. Same reasons.
I agree with your analogy here- BMWs are overpriced crap (just like macs) -
but, being from Indiana, you've probably never owned one...
>A Mac will be functionally useful 8 years after you buy it, able
>to handle what is thrown at it.
I won't touch this one- too easy. But, try playing an MP3 on your 8 year
old mac- oh wait, you're in Indiana, MP3s probably haven't happened there yet.
>No. If you do, you are still probably happy with your Zenith amber screen.
Funny you should mention it, but the world does look better on an amber screen-
>Macs are only good for "graphics" or "music" ---
Hey I didn't say that!! They're good for neither. Hey, when did you guys
get quotation marks down there in Indiana?
>If you need to type plain text, use an IBM Selectric II and
>carbon paper,as you'll get the same functionality as you would from one
>of those lovely $500 Gateway or Compaq's.
I build my own computers- I would never buy a Gateway or a Compaq- too much
superfluous proprietary hardware- just like a mac-
>Now, Jim's sauces are leaps and bounds
>hotter, a couple bordering on lunacy, but they all have true flavor. The
>way it should be!
Now that sounds good to me. I guess we're forced to agree on something. One
of the most annoying comments I ever get about my hot sauces is the old
"It's so hot, you can't taste anything but heat" whine- to which I normally
reply, "No, YOU can't taste anything but heat."
OK, I'm all finished with the mac bashing thread- you guys can keep it
going if you like (I know I'd like it), but I've been in the computing
business long enough to know it is futile to attempt ushering a machead
into the 21st century-
PS- comments about Indiana are firmly tongue in cheek- I love Indiana. Some
of my best friends are in Indiana.
Rob K
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