Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley

[wessd@pipeline.com (wessd)]

"David" <iamdavid@iname.com> wrote:

>honesty is the way he has conned the world over Windows 95/98. It really is
>a poor OS, and having used it for years,

Ok, so you've used 9x for 3-4 years....
But why is it crap?
I think the mac0s 8x is pretty clunky.
Then 8.5 comes out and the alias is replaced with shortcuts, complete
with arrows. And that isn't all....many little things are borrowed
from 9x. Now Jobs sells out and IE is installed......
I think Jobs is brilliant. He's cool.
But he is still a businessman, and more so now.


> it was a great relief that I was
>able to go back to the MacOS especially the latest version which is just
>excellent. This has nothing to do with advocacy or bias. I have tried both
>and know which is the better system. There is NOTHING I can think of about
>Windows that is better than the MacOS... from personal experience. The

2 mouse buttons.
right clicking for properties.  
list could go on and on.

>technical jargon and so on that has dominated this thread is irrelevant, it
>is the user interface and user experience that matters. I reiterate a
>comment that I made in an earlier posting that a 400MHz K6 Compaq Presario
>running Win98 takes longer to open "My Computer" than it takes for my 400MHz
>G3 to open Netscape. Also it takes longer to open a folder on the same
>Compaq than it does an old 120MHz PPC Mac I have. I rest my case.
>
you compare a 2nd place chip to apples flagship.
that's fair....not......
I can get 2 or more amd's for your g3......and I adore the g3.......
WessD