APPLEVISION Monitor

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Mon May 6 14:09:25 2002

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris" <mythtech_at_mac.com>
To: "Classic Computer" <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor


> >but I do have 5+ years of daily
> >Macintosh use under my belt.
>
> I can't... I just can't any more. I have been trying to be nice to
> Richard despite all the clear flame bait he has been throwing out here.
>
> But with his comment above, I just can't any more.
>
> 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).
>
We had Macintosh computers, whether we wanted 'em or not on our desks in '86
( Before that, we had Lisa's.) and beyond at Martin Marietta, which explains
why I was able to adjust to Windows in a single day, never having seen a GUI
before the first time I sat in front of a Lisa. I don't know what "Mac"
concepts you could be referring to in your remark. There was no need, or
authorization, to open the boxes, not that it was easy, on those early Mac's.
>
> 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.
>
When I said seriously, I meant it. Going through the motions to satisfy mgmt
directives isn't serious use, it's just an exercise.
>
> So unless your 5+ years of daily use are to clean the screen, you must be
> full of BS (is that it, you aren't really into computers... you just work
> as a janitor at a computer museum, and like to pretend?)
>
Unfortunately, my daily experience with the MacIntosh was to run schedule and
budget for my IR&D using Excel, which, then, wasn't available for the PC yet.
I can't say that it qualifies as serious use, but it was required, since all
the managers wanted "soft" copy of schedule and budget for all the work in
progress, and that had to be in the format that even managers could manage,
i.e. Mac format.
>
> I'm sorry... I just can't do it any more.
>
Then don't ... When you get old enough that you're out in the working world,
where your performance is measured on whether or not you meet schedule and
budget, and not on how cute your comments are, you'll understand the realities
of why people use what they do. If you're just idly fiddling with something
interesting at home, nobody cares how long it takes you.
Received on Mon May 06 2002 - 14:09:25 BST

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