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A Mac Owner’s Lament
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ^ | June 16, 2005 | Pat Lynch

Posted on 06/20/2005 8:42:07 PM PDT by quidnunc

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Free-lance columnist Pat Lynch has been a radio broadcaster in Central Arkansas for more than 20 years.
1 posted on 06/20/2005 8:42:07 PM PDT by quidnunc
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To: Swordmaker

FYI


2 posted on 06/20/2005 8:42:30 PM PDT by quidnunc (Omnis Gaul delenda est)
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To: quidnunc

Some people are too loyal to the components over the functions.

I believe they're called fanboys.


3 posted on 06/20/2005 8:44:53 PM PDT by Terpfen (New Democrat Party motto: les enfant terribles)
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To: quidnunc

I can help you out here, Pat.

*STEVE* wants you to buy a new computer now.

*STEVE* also wants you to replace your new computer and all of it's software with a newer Intel computer and software next year.

Remember, *STEVE* is all knowing and powerful. You must do what he asks.


4 posted on 06/20/2005 8:48:01 PM PDT by skip_intro
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To: quidnunc

Muhahahaha! Come over to the Dark Side, Pat...this GUI business is just a passing fad. If you can't do it in CP/M it isn't worth doing.


5 posted on 06/20/2005 8:53:28 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill

I remember toying with the CP/M terminals in high school, in 1984. I had only recently seen WarGames and I decided to impress a fair lass on the terminal next to me by accessing the directory where school records were kept.

We agreed that changing them would be very bad, but she was in awe of my prowess.

She married someone else, alas, but I finally found me a geek of my own. ;O)


6 posted on 06/20/2005 8:56:40 PM PDT by Petronski (Be alert! The world needs more lerts.)
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To: quidnunc

I owned a

SE
Performa
iMac

Moved to a Dell Laptop.


7 posted on 06/20/2005 8:56:45 PM PDT by UB355
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To: quidnunc
"it would be nice to see the corporation display a tiny bit of sensitivity to the folks who consistently give this company a 3 percent share of the personal computer market."

Mac's suck. Folks who keep the company on life support with a mere weak pulse of 3% of a nornal 100% are just asking to be left out in the cold in the software availability world. Developers don't like to waste there time on a limited market.

8 posted on 06/20/2005 8:58:32 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: quidnunc

What a Macmoonie weenie.


9 posted on 06/20/2005 8:59:19 PM PDT by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: Terpfen
I believe they're called fanboys.

BSD unix... uhm, err... OSX doesn't care what processor it is running on.

10 posted on 06/20/2005 9:01:16 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: quidnunc

Stevie don't care if you buy a Mac between now and next year. His IPod sales together with MiniMac sales to unsuspecting Windows users will carry him through till then.


11 posted on 06/20/2005 9:01:59 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (In God We Trust. All Others We Monitor.)
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To: quidnunc

AHA! There's the problem.....Arkansas. Nuff said.


12 posted on 06/20/2005 9:02:34 PM PDT by El Gran Salseron ( The comments of this poster are meant for self-amusement only! Read at your own risk! :-))
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To: Hank Rearden

On the otherhand, mac users will buy ANYTHING that will run on a Mac, even if it's a garbage space invaders game, just so they can fill the empty CD oganizer nailed to the wall beside their Mac someone had bought them for Christmas 10 years ago....


13 posted on 06/20/2005 9:03:58 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: VeniVidiVici
Stevie don't care if you buy a Mac between now and next year.

Maybe, maybe not; iPod sales will be a declining share of the market.

Doesn't matter though - this Macmoonie weenie is demanding "corporate sensitivity" and he wants it NOW! Or whenever it's convenient; weenies aren't much able to back up their demands.

14 posted on 06/20/2005 9:05:52 PM PDT by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: quidnunc

You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.


15 posted on 06/20/2005 9:14:30 PM PDT by Egon (Your tagline offends me.)
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To: Hank Rearden
"iPod sales will be a declining share of the market."

Cell phones are already taking that market over, plus give you a couple mins of video recording as well as pics, email, web page etc. What can't cell phone do these days?

16 posted on 06/20/2005 9:16:20 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: Hank Rearden

LOL!

I know we finally got a version of the Cisco VPN client that works (supposedly) on OSX.

Maybe others will take up the slack ;-)


17 posted on 06/20/2005 9:16:23 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (In God We Trust. All Others We Monitor.)
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To: quidnunc

As an Arkansas resident I can attest that Pat Lynch is a socialist. That being said- I love the article- I have been a Mac guy since 1989- I now own 4 (I love Tiger) and I have been loyal except for that dark period when I got a thinkpad with Windows 98- thanks goodness I came around. I think without Apple there would be no Rush Limbaugh. Thanks goodness for Apple!


18 posted on 06/20/2005 9:17:21 PM PDT by Serious Capitalist
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To: MediaMole

Pretty much.

It's sad that some people aren't as impartial as the OS.


19 posted on 06/20/2005 9:17:34 PM PDT by Terpfen (New Democrat Party motto: les enfant terribles)
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To: MediaMole
OSX doesn't care what processor it is running on.

True from a logical standpoint, but where will the arguments go that said Macs had superior performance because of their processor?

20 posted on 06/20/2005 9:19:46 PM PDT by js1138 (e unum pluribus)
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