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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: Macs cost too much (NOT!)
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- References: <92203.173612ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET> <yL0aoB27w165w@mantis.co.uk> <1992Jul23.143042.14243@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> <ewright.711925511@convex.convex.com> <1992Jul24.131236.4307@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 21:07:59 GMT
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- In <1992Jul24.131236.4307@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> smoon@strfleet.gsfc.nasa.gov (Sang J. Moon) writes:
-
- >Example: Symantic Antivirus for the Macintosh
-
- >You have to read the instructions to install this properly because you
- >have to:
- >1. Run a disk repair program to insure the hard drive is okay.
- >2. Run SAM from the diskette on the hard drive first.
- >3. Install the control panel by dragging it to the extension folder
- > and making an alias which you put into the control panel folder.
- >4. Install the virus definition in the system folder.
- >5. Drag copy SAM somewhere.
- >6. Reboot
- >7. Personalise both SAM an the control panel separately the first
- > time you run them.
-
- Or, skip steps 1 through 7 and get Disinfectant instead. Drag it
- onto your hard disk and double click.
-
-
- >Example: Microsoft Word for Windows, WordPerfect, MacLinkPC, etc.
-
- >1. Install diskette in to drive a and type "a:install".
-
- Strange that wouldn't work on my machine. Maybe it was because
- Microsoft Word came on 3-1/2" disks and the "A" drive is a 5-1/4"
- drive. (The PC file system is too retarded to recognize disks
- by name.) Also, you will find that the program is not always named
- "install." It may be something like "xyinstal" where "xy" are the
- initials of the program, and there may be options you have to worry
- about too. You won't know any of this unless you read the manual.
-
-
- >No. My claim has always been that Macintosh cost too much, and I can get
- >(and have gotten) an equivalent PC based system to do the same work I do
- >on a mac at a significantly lower price.
-
- You almost got it right. It may cost more to get a Mac that can do
- the same things you do on your PC, but that same Mac can also do things
- your PC will never do (at least, not without a lot of additional hardware/
- software and maybe not even then). Because you use a PC, you do not
- do things you can't do on a PC, by definition. That, in itself, makes
- it hard for you to realize what else you're missing out on. If you've
- never driven a car that has springs in the seats, you might believe
- that's a luxury, too...
-