Re: Virtual PC vs. SoftWindows - PC Emulators for the MAC

["Andrew Rodland" <arodland@ptdprolog.net>]

I just saw this quote, and already I forgot who said it, but it goes
something like this:
"That's the nice thing about GUI's, they make the simple tasks easier, and
the complex tasks damn near impossible"

"Phoenyx" <quazar@dcnet2000.com> wrote in message
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> Andrew Rodland wrote:
> > Ok, maybe that's the problem, as I don't consider myself the
> > "average" computer user. I like to program in c++, and just
> > generally do strange things with the computer, and linux is
> > my OS of choice. And I carry XGS on my laptop wherever I go.
> > I have had to reinstall win9x probably 4 times in the last 2
> > or 3 years, as I still run it for those programs not ported
> > (this message written in outlook express where the computers
> > come up as file://gs and file://e because of a m$ SCREWUP.
>
> Like you, I don't consider myself an average user. I prefer Linux
> on my personal system. I use Windows on my wife's system and I
> design database with Access 97. So I find a use for just about All
> OS's.
>
> For Linux, I prefer KEGS. Which I also have on a laptop which is on
> loan from a friend while I'm off work with back problems.
>
> For my wife, Windows works fine for what she does. Although it's
> 98 SE now. And every time I have to work with Windows and the PC's
> 'plug and play' hardware, I curse MS and Gates and Windows. But it
> serves the purpose it was created for. Keep it simple for the users
> and make them take it to a tech when it breaks. I'm too hard headed
> so I do my own tech work.
>
> Phoenyx