Re: Micro$loth Windoze 95 Badges - how they should be

[jescoent@ix.netcom.com (John Schneider )]

>>   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.

Running the risk of sounding like an apologist for Microsoft and the
entire PC industry, I must comment on the "simplicity" of setting up
PCs.  I frequently hear this argument, and I understand that what
people wish to consider "simple" in this day and age is to plug it in
and it works.  Well, sadly, the world is not like that at all.  You
have to tweak every once in a while.  In addition, I have had a "PC" 
for a little over two years (prior, I had a seriously deficient
system---no, it wasn't an Apple, I kind of like their OS), and as long
as I read up on the particulars of what I want to do, I usually have no
trouble.  In other words, if people would read the manual, or the
instructions(as long as they are decent ones!), they should really have
no trouble.  I like both windows systems and mac systems, I just find
that mac systems are overpriced for the benefits that they give.  At
least that is the situation in my city.  In addition, I live in an area
that for some reason is pc territory, and software and other goodies
are not easy to come by, and certainly not in any great variety.  I
also have to admit that I like working in my system, performing the
occasional tweak now and then.  I find that windows and mac are merging
in capability, with mac havin the edge in cutting edge technology, but
then again, this is an industry that almost requires the company on the
cutting edge to take lots of hits, and Apple has certainly taken its
share of hits.  

Just meandering thoughts on this thread...

John Schneider
jescoent@ix.netcom.com
(hey, its better than havin aol.com after my name!)