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Apple's new Mac OS X is a real peach. It takes some polish off of Windows XP
USA Today ^ | 31 Oct 2001 | Edward C. Baig

Posted on 10/31/2001 3:01:20 PM PST by big'ol_freeper

Edited on 04/13/2004 1:38:31 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

I welcome feedback, even when a reader isn't enamored with me. So I wasn't put off by a missive I received a few years back from a fellow insisting that I had produced the most irresponsible article ever written. Tough to do better than that.


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1 posted on 10/31/2001 3:01:20 PM PST by big'ol_freeper
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To: big'ol_freeper
hehe!!!!! ...DUCK!!!!!!!!
2 posted on 10/31/2001 3:02:43 PM PST by cmsgop
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To: cmsgop
I've had both and Mac's are just plain evil. (g)
3 posted on 10/31/2001 3:04:43 PM PST by abnegation
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Im waiting for that flat screen Imac to come out in Jan. I must have that.
5 posted on 10/31/2001 3:06:55 PM PST by cmsgop
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To: big'ol_freeper
Sadly any mention of Macintosh invokes scorn from those who have no knowledge of them. I have 5 Macs and can attest to their superior OS and industrial design. It is simply the best computer around ...
6 posted on 10/31/2001 3:06:56 PM PST by BunnySlippers
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To: cmsgop
I'm not ducking--I have always used only Mac products. This guy is just figuring out what I have known for a long time. The OS 10.1 just adds a bit more dazzle.
7 posted on 10/31/2001 3:10:09 PM PST by basil
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To: BunnySlippers
I use both platforms, for 9 years now. PC at home, Mac desktop and laptop at work. Macs network pathetically. They have no floppy drives. Their files corrupt frequently. They freeze up whenever they feel like it, which is several times a week. They are WAY over-priced. I wouldn't have a Mac unless it was given to me (which is what they did at work).
9 posted on 10/31/2001 3:13:37 PM PST by Clara Lou
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To: cmsgop
Im waiting for that flat screen Imac to come out in Jan. I must have that.

I'm with you...that sounds like a winner.

10 posted on 10/31/2001 3:14:09 PM PST by mass55th
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To: innocentbystander
So, to summarize; the guy likes the Mac because it looks pretty and sounds good?!? Gee. Me, I like women to look pretty; I like my A/V system to sound good. I use my computers to do WORK. Something Corporations have been waiting for decades for Apple to focus on. What a stupid review.

Um, maybe you missed this:

The thing just worked, without any heart-wrenching crises and mysterious error codes.

11 posted on 10/31/2001 3:15:19 PM PST by M. Thatcher
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To: basil
Im on OS9 myself it's fine. I don't think I can load OSX on my 233mhz Imac. So I have to wait for those Flat Panel Imacs!!!!!!!!!
12 posted on 10/31/2001 3:16:07 PM PST by cmsgop
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To: big'ol_freeper
I love my Mac G3,but I have taken a lot of hits from my Electrical Engineer son on it..He works in computers and he recently came home and told me he loves the new Mac

Unix based he say it does everything ..it is a really great computer..

Mom says for $1,600 it better do windows and floors

13 posted on 10/31/2001 3:16:42 PM PST by RnMomof7
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"The 45-minute installation was a piece of cake, certainly compared with my Windows upgrade odysseys. The thing just worked, without any heart-wrenching crises and mysterious error codes. Granted, moving from OS X to 10.1 on a lightly loaded iBook is less of a challenge than migrating from Windows 98 to Me to XP on a Pentium packed with programs. But I was impressed just the same."

Apple has it easy. When one company controls the hardware AND the operating system, it is duck soup to keep things "tightly functional". Microsoft, OTOH, has to contend with "voluntary" adherence to software and hardware standards--a far more difficult thing to accomplish. Moi, I'll stick to Windows.

14 posted on 10/31/2001 3:16:51 PM PST by Wonder Warthog
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To: big'ol_freeper
I'm sure it's a find machine to telnet from.
15 posted on 10/31/2001 3:17:27 PM PST by The Duke
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To: cmsgop; *Macuser_list
One of these days I'm gonna get OS X. Do you think it's ready for prime time?

I created a Mac bump list a while back. I hope I remembered the name correctly in this reply.

17 posted on 10/31/2001 3:18:17 PM PST by Vermonter
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To: BunnySlippers
I have 5 Macs and can attest to their superior OS and industrial design. It is simply the best computer around ...

Yep; I have 4. Three iMacs and one iBook. All on my household wireless network with DSL. I can take my iBook to any room in the house and work.

18 posted on 10/31/2001 3:19:05 PM PST by M. Thatcher
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To: Clara Lou
I use both platforms, for 9 years now. PC at home, Mac desktop and laptop at work.

Well how new is your Mac? I am cross platform as well for about the last 6 or 7 years. My Windows PC's are upgraded constantly as well as my Macs at home. The Windows platform is pathetic and I wouldn't have one at home if you paid me. So there.

19 posted on 10/31/2001 3:23:46 PM PST by BunnySlippers
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To: BunnySlippers
I have one MAC (at work) OS8 and cannot stand it.
20 posted on 10/31/2001 3:23:59 PM PST by Texas Yellow Rose
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