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- From: tl14@bton.ac.uk (Eddie)
- Subject: Re: Amiga Technology is insulting!!
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- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 09:29:14 GMT
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- Nathanael J Henderson (nahender@prairie.NoDak.edu) wrote:
- : Stephan Schaem (in agonizing broken English) wrote:
- : : Nathanael J Henderson (nahender@prairie.NoDak.edu) wrote:
-
- : : : Henderson's Theory Of Mac Haters: All people that don't like Macs fall
- : : : into two categories: Mac illiterates that don't know much about them;
- : : : and super-geeks that could never be happy with anything short of Unix. :-)
-
- : : Mac haters are usually computer literate... people that know computers.
-
- : Perhaps COMPUTER literate, but that's not what I said, is it? Nooo...
- : I said MAC literate. As in having a solid understanding of and
- : experience with Macs. I very very very VERY VERY rarely meet a Mac hater
- : that is truly Mac literate.
-
- I'm one! I dislike Macs. Not as much as PeeCees, but dislike them all the
- same.
-
- : : Mac users are people that are scared of computers, or people that are
- : : 'forced' to get macs.
-
- : I love computers. I bought my Mac entirely of my own free will--I
- : didn't need it for school or work. See? The very first test of your
- : theory and it gets shot full of holes. Your credibility is slipping.
-
- In the general way of things though, this is true. Of course there are going
- to be a *few* people who would actually choose to buy a Mac. This is the
- situation in the UK anyway!
-
- : : The Mac is too user friendly, and think people are so dum that it doesn't
- : : need to be responsive/quick to please... just little extra like bubbles
-
- : MY mac is fast and responsive. (Incredibly fast, actually.) Perhaps
- : you are one of the previously mentioned Mac illiterates that thinks 5-6
- : year old 030 and 040 machines are representative of modern Macs? :-)
-
- Well, yes the PowerMacs are responsive. The OS is still a shield however. It
- is a motherly OS. If a Mac goes wrong it can be hell to try and put it right
- again. Not everyone in the world knows how to zap PRAM.
-
- : : : There are plenty of competent programmers out there. Unfortunately, not
- : : : many of them are good DESIGNERS, and that's equally important. A
- : : : trained chimp stoned out of his mind can write a program, but the
- : : : alleged best and brightest seem to have a great deal of trouble making
- : : : programs that are truly well designed--user friendly and functional.
-
- : : Apple should hire alot of 'trained stoned chimps', maybe it would raise
- : : the usability of the OS vs trying to be an overly "slow cartoonish
- : : mothery protective" system.
-
- : Maybe. Are you available? (Cartoonish? Have you recently taken a
- : look at the feature set the Mac OS boasts? It's hardly a simple,
- : 'kiddish' OS.)
-
- It is a Micky Mouse looking system though!
-
- : : But I guess macs are good for elementary school and such as kids first
- : : computer, just hope they wont get frustrated from them :) And to avoid
- : : a desaster better tell them that they are real computer out there!
-
- : That they are real computer out there? :-) Ah, no need to rewrite
- : it, I know what you meant. But, when all the bull dies down, the Mac is
- : still the best personal computer out there, IMO. Better hardware and
- : interface than Wintel, with lots of software and hardware cheaply and
- : readily available.
-
- IMO - the Amiga is head, shoulders, body and legs above the Mac. The OS on
- the Amiga is far far far far FAR FAR superior to the MacOS. Copeland should
- improve it but thats not looking like being out until '97. The AmigaOS will
- have been *fully* PPC native for 4-6 months by then.
- Software on the Amiga is available. Cheap software? Amiga stuff is cheaper
- than Mac software. Shareware products on the Amiga are commercial quality.
- Hardware is cross platform anyway. AMiga prices for hardware are more
- expensive because you get full support from the supplier for at least a year,
- Free of Charge. Doesn't happen with PC suppliers (not that I know of anyway).
-
- Amiga's are better computers! There is no two ways about it!
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- * Tim Lewis (a.k.a Eddie) * "You think I'm crazy! *
- * * You wouldn't know what crazy was *
- * T.Lewis@bton.ac.uk * if Charles Manson was sitting on *
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