Re: Apple II: Second Best Tech Product of All Time!

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Payton Byrd wrote:

> I've never personally bought an Apple product new, though I've owned many of them second hand.  I like a lot of their stuff, especially the Apple II line.  I've always thought that the Mac was never a technical match for the hype given to it until OS X.  I think that Apple has been it's own worst enemy because of the absolute arrogance in their pricing structure up until the last few years.  Today, Apple's products aren't their problem; they have better machines than ever.  Today their problem for people like myself is the public eye-poking that Jobs insists on with commercials like the ones they are running for Mac vs PC.  Until there's a change to Apple's public persona, I'll be happy to enjoy the many, many, many alternatives to their new products that serve me just as well.  It's too bad, too.  I love Unix and would consider putting a new Mac Pro on my desk if I didn't find Jobs to be such a weasel.  

I guess being the "underdog" confers the right to fight dirty...  ;-)

-michael

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