On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 03:13:12PM -0800, rone <rone at ennui.org> wrote: > Kenneth Gorelick writes: > Macs are easier to use, more stable, and do everything you need. I only > know 2 people who have used both Mac and PC extensively and prefer PCs. > They are married to each other and each has an IQ > 180. They are > frustrated by macs because they are too simple. > Then maybe they should just be using UNIX instead. Using Windows > because they're complex isn't smart; it's a sign of masochism. I've been trying to keep my nose out of this, but UNIX can run on PCs. A "PC" is a hardware platform, or more accurately, a widely-produced, mostly-compatible hardware platform based on the x86 architecture and IBM's original thrown-together "personal computer". Don't sneer at PC users; the hardware platform wasn't exactly a miracle of original design, but these days it isn't bad at all, and the price is hard to beat. There are hardware platforms I would want more -- I think the PowerPC processors are better designed -- but I'm not willing to pay more in order to be locked into the Mac operating system. Sneer at Microsoft users all you want; they deserve it. I will also note for the record that I have used Macs, both before and after OS X, and don't like using either. Their user interface always makes an effort to get in my way. I can see how people whose business is not working with computers like them, but I can hardly stand to use one for more than a few minutes. I feel pretty much the same about windows. Strangely enough, I'm one of those users for whom UNIX (specifically, Linux) gets the interface *right*. If someone would get their act together and release an open-hardware, PowerPC based system optimized for Linux, I'd be there in a heartbeat. -- Matthew Hunter (matthew at infodancer.org) Public Key: http://matthew.infodancer.org/public_key.txt Homepage: http://matthew.infodancer.org/index.jsp Politics: http://www.triggerfinger.org/index.jsp