Re: Mac vs. PC : it's not the computer, it's the user!

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From: bwinto... Blake Winton
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 00:00

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In article <339DB258...@mail.utexas.edu>, Charles Phipps <ch...@mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
>John Druary wrote:
>
>> Why all this controversy?
>> I have been using Macs and PC's at work, and am so sick of Mac's I can
>> hardly stand it. Forget price, forget "feel"...macs have always "felt"
>> mushy, lacking quick response one expects from Windows PC's. Mac's put
>> the lie to the old adage "you get what you pay for". When you buy a
>> Mac, you get whatever the current Apple bosses think you deserve.
>> Buy a Windows PC and forget the Mac.
>Hmmmm...I guess all of the controversy stems from bozos like you who
>spout their opinions as if they were fact...See, I don't give a rat's
>ass if you like PC's and use them the rest of your life...I enjoy my Mac
>and always will...There wouldn't be any controversy if you'd just shut
>up and keep playing with your $3,000 dollar Nintendo...

Hmmmm...  Pot, kettle, black...  I think you can fill in the rest.

Later,
Blake.

(P.S. for the record, I agree with the subject.)

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Subject: Re: Mac vs. PC : it's not the computer, it's the user!
Date: 1997/06/11
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