APPLEVISION Monitor

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Mon May 6 13:03:26 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris [mailto:mythtech_at_mac.com]

> Richard... are you being treated for your compulsive liar behavior
> problems? You can not possibly have 5+ years of daily Mac use
> under your
> belt, and show the ignorance of Mac concepts you showed when
> asking about
> the AppleVision monitor and the Performa 630 (or whatever
> model it was
> you bought).

Sorry, I have to argue with you here ;)

The fact (well, at least my opinion) is that Apple makes it easy to
remain completely ignorant of most important things about their
computer while still "using" them.

(I'll define "using" in the above as "doing the same mundane things
that everyone else does with their computer")

I'd say that Apple even encourages user-ignorance by not including
applications that will even let you get at the filesystem with their
O/S -- Finder doesn't count because it won't show desktop (and friends)
at all, and God help you if you want to set file attributes. With
OS X, that's hopefully changed.

That lack of utility software, among other things done by Apple (think
all-in-one, closed box designs) serves to keep users in the dark about
many things.

Now, I can't prove this, but I've personally seen it, so take that
how you will. I've of course heard all of the Mac Zealot spin on
my complaints above and I know all about how some people think that
those things are actually advantages -- like a mouse that has only
one button... to avoid confusion -- , but I don't buy it :)

The thing is that I really do like Apple, and a lot of their hardware
and software, and I hope to see it become a good product (for me, It's
already a fine product for some people) some day.

> Not to mention, you stated back when it all started that you haven't
> seriously touched a computer by Apple in 15 years except to pull the
> power supplies from them.

Ok, that's somewhat of an odd statement in context.

Could it be that he wasn't doing "serious" work on the systems at the
time?

Chris


Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

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