Re: Apple advertisement

[cheer@i.hate.spam (Christopher D. Heer)]

It was 25 Feb 1997 06:13:41 GMT.  I was reading instead of working.  And P 
Dueck <noemail@no.email.edu> said:

>In a bunch of articles in this thread, a whole bunch of people debated PC
>vs. Mac.....

>Hmmmmm. Although I'm relatively new to this group (only been reading it
>for the past 10 months or so), I find it somewhat odd that this type of
>discussion (PC vs. Mac) is going on in an Apple II newsgroup.

They happen everywhere.  There's no escaping it.  Went to a new church last 
week and the minister started harping on the benefits of built-in SCSI, and one 
of the accolytes jumped in on the lack of pre-emptive multitasking in the Mac 
OS.  :)

>My first exposure to microcomputers was way back in the early '80s in
>elementary school (Apple II and TRS-80 Model III computers). 

Sort of similar here.  Apple ][ (non-plus), then Altair, then TRS-80 Model I, 
then Apple ][+, etc.

>I use both
>Wintel and MacOS based machines regularly.

Me too.  In fact, I support both professionally.

>I just acquired an Apple //e
>system. Nothing beats an 8 bit and/or 16 bit Apple II computer.

Well, I think realism is required here.  I fully concede that modern Wintel and 
Mac machines do things an Apple II cannot.  Lots of things.  But I still love 
my 8-bit Apple, and when I commute to and from work on the train, I'm usually 
running Apple II software on my laptop.  :)

>Although my personal preference is a Mac over a "PC", I'd pick an Apple II
>over a Mac or anything else for that matter, anyday!  :)

For me, it depends entirely on what exactly I want to do.

For my day-to-day productivity stuff, I'd rather use a PC or a Mac.  For my 
entertainment, I have more fun on an Apple II.  It's part nostalgia, part 
familiarity, and part I-can-crack-the-case-and-do-any-damn-thing-I-want-and-
hell-it's-not-like-the-wife-will-get-pissed-if-I-fry-it-and-besides-I-have-
three-more.  I can *do* productivity stuff on the Apple; in fact, I do creative 
writing on it.

The trick is to not become a zealot, and to acknowledge the benefits and 
weaknesses of any system.

Does the Mac have some advantages over the PC because the design and 
engineering is all under one roof?  You bet.

Does the PC have some advantages over the Mac due to economies of scale and 
pricing?  You bet.

Can I go on listing advantages and disadvantages of each all day long?  Sure 
thing.

Will I achieve anything by doing so?

I doubt it.
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