How schools are tricked into using PCs--when Macs are better

Zdnet ^ | 2/11/02 | Bob Shier

[Bush2000]

You say that as if it were a bad thing.

Homosexuality is a personally destructive lifestyle. So, yes, it is a bad thing.

Are you a homophobe or something?

The fact that someone disapproves of another's lifestyle does not mean he is afraid or hateful toward that person. Do you not grasp this concept?

Face it. Mac users are simply more enlightened and progressive than the typical Windoze user.

You're a legend in your own mind.

[B Knotts]

You can save tons of money by moving to MySQL from ORacle if you don't need the super high end functions of Oracle.

Like foreign keys? Or sub-selects? :-P

Sorry...couldn't resist. MySQL has its place, and I do use it for certain things. As an Oracle replacement, it's a bit weak.

I use Interbase; PostgreSQL is also a reasonable option.

[Dawgsquat]

ROTF!!!!!

[Rodney King]

You say that as if it were a bad thing. Are you a homophobe or something?

Somebody made the observation that socialists like Macs. I responded with the observation that gay guys like Macs too. It was a simple observaton. Why would you think there is something bad with that? Are you a homophobe or something?

[A. Patriot]

Macs have always had a more efficient system compared to PCs, but why teach kids on computers that they will NEVER see in the real world????

[maxwell]

I hate Macs. They drive me friggin' crazy. I hate the look, the default fonts, the screen, the way you have to mouse-click on something to eject the friggin' floppy, the retarded commercials, the stupid gay apple logo, and most of all I hate the smiley computer. I detest everything about Macs. Gimme a PC any day.

/rant

[Fidgit]

Interesting stuff mama, I agree that Macs are the better machine. History shows that. The overall problem is the price. Price to update, add to, and fix.

Its just like buying a Mercedes. It costs more and runs real sweet for a long time, but parts and maintenance are pretty expencive.

On the other hand you can buy a chevy for a lot less $ and work on it yourself.

As for all the other banter on this thread, I thought the line about answering your door naked when the J-Dubs come a callin useful.

[Fidgit]

Quit sugar coating it, give us your real opinion.

What about all those swell colors?

[js1138]

Nice flame, but can you find any place on any thread where I have said PCs are better than Macs?

[brianl703]

I think it's because almost nobody bothers to treat hard drives like the fragile equipment that they are. Ever go to a computer show and see a bunch of hard drives stacked up without so much as bubble wrap for protection? I wouldn't buy one of those!

[Britton J Wingfield]

Teach them Visual Basic, or "C" (if you insist). I prefer Fortran and assembly language but I am a dinosaur.

C makes the world go round.

[maxwell]

What about all those swell colors?

They're gay. Gimme my ol' scruffy industrial white Gateway any day.

[jejones]

No, but I tend to think it displays the intellectual bankruptcy of those who use the line.

[jejones]

Then there was the claim of some level of security (C2, perhaps?) for Windows NT...but the fine print said that to be that secure, the machine running NT couldn't be connected to any network.

[thatsnotnice]

I'll be the ignorant one and ask what is that?

The SGI O2+ os a computer made by Silicon Graphics that usually runs a flavor of unix called Irix and is a pretty sweet workstation used for imaging, simulations, graphics and 3D animations.

They have some other extremely high end machines too. The downside is that most companies don't exactly have one on each desk due to the cost...

[B Knotts]

[A CA Guy]

I always thought the reason most are going to PCs is that MAC only makes up only 3% of computer users. So the children need to learn to use what will be used in the real world.

[toupsie]

Be that as it may, what these kids are going to be seeing in a network environtment is NT, Win2K, HP-UX, Solaris, Novell and a host of others. Not Mac OS. That was my point.

MacOS supports and can serve all those protocols except Novell -- but then again, Novell is deader than Amiga. Solaris is about to hit the skids as Sun is looking to cut over to Linux.

Apple is in a very strong position with its open source core as it can take about every package available for BSD-based UNIX and compile it.

Companies are fleeing M$ Servers. The last year has shown that IIS is nothing but garbage -- sneeze near it and it opens up a free port for a Trojan. M$'s next version will be a complete rewrite from what I have read.

[toupsie]

Then there was the claim of some level of security (C2, perhaps?) for Windows NT...but the fine print said that to be that secure, the machine running NT couldn't be connected to any network.

I think Windows NT can be classified as C2 by the NSA if it is not connected to a network and is buried in three feet of concrete with the PS/2 & USB ports are removed and no monitor is attached.