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Skriven 2005-03-27 09:38:00 av JEAN PARROT (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DANIEL O'LEARY
Ärende: Mac.
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        Hello Daniel ! 

 DO> Since I don't know what you did on your ThinkPad, I'll  reserve
 DO> judgement on whether a Mac user can do it or not.

        Nothing that a normal Wiz could do. I had to prove that the
  Restore CDs were faulty. I got the US version and it had a bug. The
  Cdn version was $49.00 and as I thought that the fault laid with IBM
  I was trying to get a free issue. Turned down. So, I removed the HD,
  inserted an blank one, loaded XP  without  all the IBM OEM stuff and
  the Thinkpad ran like Flynn. It sure pointed to the stick in the
  spokes. I then reinserted my original HD, restored it using my
  daughter's Thinkpad, a twin to mine, Restore hidden partition and all
  is now fine.

 DO> I've done lots of
 DO> stuff on Macs that make windows users cringe (grin).  You may be
 DO> correct, in that it may have been a task that does not need to be done
 DO> - I have seen alot of that on the Windows side, and experienced it many
 DO> times myself.

        I do not think that Windows (PC) has a high hand over Mac
  (OX), nor vice-versa. After all, they were designed by humans for
  humans, at least, I think so and we all have the same type of
  neurons to use. Not wanting to wage a "war", let me say that as a
  Mac user, you are above the lot. My experience of Mac users is that
  they do not even own a small Philips screw-driver.

 DO>  Windows is widely deployed where I work, and I'm
 DO> fortunate and clever enough to have made unix computers a requirement
 DO> for the work I normally do.

        This is a sore point with me, at my ripe age, I will not
  consider another platform. I got into this putor business in 80,
  hey, 1980 not at 80, ;-), and I wish that I could go back to 15. I
  tried ML in a C=128 machine and I could not remember enough CLI to
  keep going in a smooth way. ML then was a long and tedious fight
  with my neurons. But I wrote a PRG in BASIC that does astro navigation
  for me. Spherical trig.

 DO> Repair shops are used for several things including broken hardware.

        They will not see me in this instance, as you.

 DO> My systems see the shop when
 DO> hardware that i cannot repair myself fails

        I had a Thinkpad whose KB failed. I took it apart found a
  "broken" trace on the myllard (sp?), repaired it with that paint
  sold to repair a window defogger in cars. It is conductive. That
  Thinpad still runs, maybe 9 years ago.

 >        I heard that Apple is getting out of the PC side of their
 >  business and dedicating all their might to the iPod like market.

        That was a joke on my part to rile you a bit. Do not get me
  wrong, the Mac is a fine machine and will do whatever I can do on
  this PC. It is only the mindset of most Mac users that I deplore.
  And the wife here wants her next system to be a Mac.

 DO> I am enjoying the conversation, though this echo is not my normal hangout.
 DO> The reason I chimed in in the first place was I spotted the word
 DO> "Mac" in the subject line while I was importing messages into my BBS.

        A very positive conversation, Charles. My opinion obviously
  comes from the Mac users that I know, it is more than likely on the
  wrong bias but I tell them as I see them. One of my BIL, had a nice
  Dell and always getting viruses, he got a Mac and now can not do
  e-mail. Was the virus the Dell's fault, is the e-mail problem the
  Mac's fault ? I am sure that you have seen that type before. Both
  systems run great. He used to blame the Dell, now out of pride, he
  never mentions the Mac.

        Was the bunny rabbit good to you ? Have a happy and I am glad
  that you chimed in.


 Have a great day.
  F-86 pilot.
    
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