No insult, just a clear observation. Cowboyway claimed:
I hear that a lot. Then I ask, "Have you ever owned one[a Mac] or even used one?" Most of the time the answer is No. End of discussion.
My comment was directed at that statement.
You jump in with your make-it-up-as-you-go-along MacMythology that I based my opinion of the Mac on a 21 year old computer. Did I say I bought the first Mac ever made? No - you made that up. My Mac has a hard drive and is from about 1989. If you actually read what I said you would have known how I base my opinion of the Mac. This is the rest of my statement:
During the 1990's I tried to justify purchasing a Mac (just for the fun of having another platform) but the Mac was inviable in the business community so there was no way to justify it. When my company first launched its web product I tried to get a Mac so we could be certain our product worked correctly on that platform but I could not justify it because in our market - the financial community (Brokers, FA's, investors) the Mac was statistically nonexistent (less than 1% of users).
Now how do I base my opinion of the Mac? I base it on the Mac's complete inviability in the financial community.
You state own an "old Mac" but Apple lost you in 1984 (or are you making a poor reference to George Orwell?)
I meant what I said. I was a big Apple fan until the Mac (which came out in 1984).
and then you stated that "During the 1990's I tried to justify purchasing a Mac", which implies your "old Mac" was older than 1990.
Yes (it was from 1989) but those statements were completely unrelated. Personally I own a Mac - in my business I tried to justify acquiring a Mac - totally unrelated statements (what was that I said about your reading comprehension?). Clearly I had no interest in using my personal 1989 Mac to test our web product in 1999.
Did I infer something you did not intend to imply?
No, your comment made no sense - it seemed clear you did not even read my statement or comprehend it - thus the "you can't read" comment. I did not justify my opinion of the Mac based on a 21 your old machine.
If so, you are still basing your opinions on outdated information and experience.
No, guess you can't read either.
Your experience seems still to be related to a 16 year old computer... and your postings on the iPod are also incorrect and based on outdated information... so I stand by my statement.
You do not have a leg to stand on... your Mac that you are familiar with is a 1989 modelm which is just as outdated as a 1984 model. I has about as much relevance as discussing Windows XP in light of someone's experience with Windows 2.1... and you don't know what you are talking about in reference to iPod battery replacement.