classiccmp-digest V1 #768

From: Craig Landrum <clandrum_at_monumental.com>
Date: Tue Nov 6 19:26:37 2001

Dick;

Without getting too far into religious issues, its been my experience
that Macs have consistently supplied a good computing environment for
me since 1984. My company uses both Macs and the latest Dell and
Compaq PCs, and I lost count of the times our Wintel people have
replaced hard disks and reloaded Windows. I have yet to see any
of our Macs fail, and we have owned one of virtually every model.
I own a G4 with a Cinema display that I wouldn't trade for any
Wintel box made.

What has impressed me is the level of integration between hardware
and software - natural since they own them both and can ensure a
high level of compatibility. This lends itself quite well to
adding new peripherals and other devices and have them working
quickly and without a hitch.

I recognize that Apple lost the OS wars. The reasons are numerous,
but one of the main ones stems from the corporate mentality of the
early 80's when you could never get fired for buying IBM. Hence,
truckloads of IBM PC's with Lotus 123 appeared on managers desks.
Marketing and sales liked Apple because their desktop publishing
capabilities were far and away better than Windows toward the
late 80's, but these people were in the minority, and as Windows
came along, there became less and less reason to go Apple, from
management's point of view. And once Apple was forced from
corporate desktops, they were relegated to a niche market, where
they will remain.

I am productive on my Mac. You are productive on your PC.
I'm sure both are terrific matches for their respective
users. And as all of us on this list can attest, there
have been numerous computers and OS's that, while they
may be terrific machines, fell by the wayside for one
reason or the other.

And you never know. Linux may just be eating Microsoft's
lunch by 2005 and those Wintel boxes may start to look
nostalgic :-)

Craig Landrum
Chief Technical Officer
Mindwrap, Inc


> Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 20:07:04 -0700
> From: "Richard Erlacher" <edick_at_idcomm.com>
> Subject: Re: hard-sector 5 1/4 disk
>
> Well, I'd have to say that, since the performance and reliability haven't
> improved since back in the '80's, the Apple was not designed for serious use,
> but rather for use by those who didn't value and trust computers enough to make
> the investment in one that warranted the value and trust. Oddly enough, it was
> less costly to use a much more reliable system with a larger installed software
> based, targeted at small business, yet, thanks to the Apple myths, people paid
> 15%-25% more with the idea that it would be easier to use, which, sadly, it
> wasn't.
>
> More below.
>
> Dick
>
Received on Tue Nov 06 2001 - 19:26:37 GMT