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Re: [OM] Re: Scanner woes and lack of them on Apple Mac

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Scanner woes and lack of them on Apple Mac
From: RobBurn@xxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 07:56:33 EDT
In a message dated 8/17/00 1:37:54 PM US Eastern Standard Time, 
lexjenkins@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< I like 'em both, altho' my MacFondness is fairly recent.  I'd happily take 
 any suitable Mac and dedicate it to graphics work, while keeping a PC handy 
 for web work and other chores. >>

My two cents worth.

Been a Mac user since the Mac Plus. Currently use a Performa 6360 with 450MHz 
G3 L2 cache upgrade, 128Mb memory. Works great! Recently built myself a 
450MHz , 256Mb PC100 memory, 13,6 Gb HD PC because I use a PC at work. 
Thought I could use the experience and that it would be nice to have some of 
the PC programs. (Read Alpha Centauri. <g>) Made me a REAL dyed-in-th-wool 
Mac devotee. Can't believe the hassle to troubleshoot PC problems. BIOS 
adjustments, IRQs and DLLs are a major PITA. Windoze98 (2nd Ed.) is a sad 
piece of work compared to Mac OS9.x. Can't believe how prone the PC is to 
crashes, or how contrary it can be trying to recover from them, or how often 
files become corrupted. Thank the Lord for Norton's Utilities. Files *rarely* 
become corrupted with my Mac. PC Plug and Play installation is a joke 
compared to Mac's simple "stick it in, turn it on, watch it self-install and 
start using it" approach. No search for "most appropriate drivers." And 
Uninstall? Well, it works unless the uninstall file was corrupted during 
installation. With Mac you just drag the offending program icon to the trash. 
DOS commands? Why? All I can say is that most Windoze users folk, especially 
old DOS users, appreciate the Windows interface and -- few having used any 
other operating system -- think it has to be arcane and fragile. Thus they 
accept the clumsy Windoze programming as "a necessary evil" to get a simple, 
efficient (read Mac-like) interface. Sheesh!

Robert

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