John
Beautiful - Just Beautiful
Larry Macy (counted amongst those whom do not follow the foolish masses)
78 Midget
>Hello Ben:
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>I realize that you haven't the advantages of an historical viewpoint,
>however there are some things you should know about Apple, and specifically
>Macintosh computers.
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>1. Apple created the first really effective and widespread personal
>computer.
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>2. Macintosh redefined the entire computer world.
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>3. Macintoshes were developed for people who have lives.
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>4. Macintosh defined user-friendly.
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>5. Modern PCs, in all of their iterations, are all Macintosh clones when
>defined by functionality.
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>6. A very tiny portion of the world's computer users gives a damn about
>how or why computers work. For the remainder, see point 3.
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>John McEwen
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>>At 10:26 PM 12/4/97 -0000, you wrote:
>>>Just been watching the X-files. Scully linked a PowerBook upto the
>>>Internet in about 1 second. It takes my Mac about 40 seconds to make a
>>>connection on a normal phone line. Now if this is real-life America, I'm
>>>moving over! ;-)
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>>... and now for something COMPLETELY different...
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>>No. It's a totally made up fallacy.
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>>Macintoshes almost never work they way you're told they do. They're really
>>keen subliminal devices. They make you think that you're doing work, while
>>in reality you're just staring at a blank screen, and a bunch of elves do
>>your calculations on an abacus. When you need to print, they wheel in an
>>old XT with a laser printer and print something out that LOOKS like it
>>could have been done on an Apple. All the money you pay to Apple to keep
>>your machines running just goes into gas money for the elves (do they drive
>>LBCs?) and for Steve Jobs to build his house to one-up Bill Gates.
>>
>>Apple is the greatest conspiracy of the 20th Century.
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>>er, flame away!
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>>BEN RUSET
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