On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> A couple of factors are relevant here, namely my own experience with
> the Apple][ series, and that of the guys who advise me on these
> matters.
I would say both of the factors you mention are unreliable, and therefore
NOT relevant.
> I've never been a frequent Apple user.
Can you elucidate on this? Does this mean you used them for at most:
a) 1 year
b) 1 month
c) 1 week
d) 1 day
e) 1 hour
f) 1 minute
g) 1 second
h) less than 1 second
> theory. Disk subsystem failures didn't even exist in my reality up to
> that point. That clearly put me off the Apple, when I was told that
> what I'd seen was pretty much normal operation of an Apple.
Perhaps you mean you fell for some salesman's negative pitch on an Apple
product so he could get you to pay for a much more expensive solution?
Sucker.
> If you think that the consensus among those professional users of the
> Apple][ back in the day when it was, in fact, the tool many people
> chose to use, is wrong, then I'd suggest you take it up with them.
Who are these friends of yours? Names, numbers, addresses, and IQ levels
pleases. Or just have them e-mail their experiences to the list.
> I've reported on my own limited experience and the experiences of
^^^^^^^
> others, anecdotally reflected in a general agreement among those
> experts, both of which seem to align quite well.
When you use the word "experts", are we using it in the sense of the word
in the English language? I.e. loosely defined as someone having a more in
depth knowledge of a particular subject than the average person? If so, I
would say, judging by what you have written so far, that your friends must
NOT have been "expert" in using floppy disks.
> Apple users constantly concerned themselves with backup copies of
> their vital software and data. I made spares, but didn't lose sleep
Anyone who values their data will make backup copies of it on a routine
basis. If you observed that Apple users constantly concerned themselves
with making backup copies, then perhaps we were smarter than your typical
computer user.
<Irrelevant and useless anecdotal "evidence" (term used extremely loosely)
ignored>
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