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Re: Micro$loth Windoze 95 Badges - how they should be
- Subject: Re: Micro$loth Windoze 95 Badges - how they should be
- From: cygnus@halcyon.com (Wayne Hixson)
- Date: 1995/09/12
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc, aus.computers.ibm-pc, aus.computers.sun, aus.computers.os2, aus.computers.amiga, comp.sys.amiga.misc, comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc, comp.sys.intel, comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc, comp.sys.misc, comp.sys.newton.misc, comp.sys.next.misc, comp.sys.sgi.misc, comp.sys.sun.misc, comp.os.ms-windows.misc, comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup, comp.windows.misc, comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc
- Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc.
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On Mon, 11 Sep 1995 10:54:33 -0800, catambay@aol.com (Bill the Cat)
wrote:
>In article <42o3so$9qt@news-2.csn.net>, bazyar@hypermall.com (Jawaid
>Bazyar) wrote:
>
>> me (jdoe@somewhere.edu) wrote:
>>
>> : Market share and performance are frequently unrelated in this world,
>> : particularly in the case of OS's. It is the consensus of most experts
>> : that OS/2 Warp and Mac OS are definitely superior operating systems to
>> : Win95. But Win95 still gains market share because certain people are
>> : stupid enough to believe Microsloth's advertising hype and go out and buy
>> : it. If we actually had consumers making RATIONAL decisions like the
>> : market system requires then we wouldn't have this problem (fortunately
>> : it's not MY problem...I don't use Win95!) 'Nuf said.
>>
>
>> I made a "RATIONAL" decision to buy Win '95. My PC is much easier
>> to set up, much simpler to use, and is very speedy with my hardware.
>
>Ha! That does not sound very _rational_ to me. Even PC users have
>admitted that PC's are _not_ easy to setup, and in comparison to Macs,
>they don't even come close. In fact, the friends I know who went the PC
>route now let their computers sit their unused simply because they got
>tired of dealing with the problems. Why do you think that a PC is easier
>to setup? Simpler to use?
>
>> And I do things on it that CANNOT BE DONE ON A MAC. I do actual
>> work, with actual applications, some of which are not available
>> on Macintosh.
>
>Such as? The majority of people at our company use Macs, and do actual
>work. Your opinion sounds irrationally weighted, and you haven't provided
>anything to backup your opinions. I think you're just too embarassed to
>go "Moo!" and admit you have simply gone with the herd rather than truly
>making the right choice.
>
PMFJI, but Networking and data bases are much stronger for the PC than
the Mac. Also, hardware is more widely available and the architecture
is not closed like the Mac. Purchase costs continue to be lower,
although not as much as earlier.
Wayne Hixson
cygnus@halcyon.com