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- From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
- Subject: Re: Macs cost too much (NOT!)
- In-Reply-To: smoon@strfleet.gsfc.nasa.gov's message of Fri, 24 Jul 1992 13:12:36 GMT
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- Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central
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- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 15:14:57 GMT
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- Sang> == Sang J. Moon <smoon@strfleet.gsfc.nasa.gov>
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- Sang> You have never rebuilt your desktop in system 7 so you don't know
- Sang> what you are talking about. As far as I know, there is no
- Sang> modifier key you can hold down in System 7 to rebuild the
- Sang> desktop.
-
- Funny, I just hold down command-option while booting, and it rebuilds
- the desktop *just fine*.
-
- Sang> So far you've given opinions without substance. Installing software on
- Sang> a mac can be as much a chore as on a PC.
-
- Sang> Example: Symantic Antivirus for the Macintosh
-
- Sang> Installing software on a mac can take definitely much more than a few
- Sang> minutes, and just clicking on the installer is not enough.
-
- Sang> Example: Microsoft Word 5.0, Microsoft Excel 4.0, etc.
-
- Ah, yes, lovely examples, Microsoft software, and a commercial virus
- program. How long does Disinfectant take to install? How about
- WriteNow or Nisus?
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