Re: On this day, 10 years ago...

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article kvwright@sans.vuw.ac.nz (Ken Wright) writes...

>Mitchell Spector <spec@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:
>
>>     I still have fond memories of the day I unpacked my (then brand
>> new) GS and set it up. I doubt any other computer I buy in future
>> will provide as much excitement as the GS did for me on that day.
>> Sure the 486 (and now a P133) I added to the side close to a year
>> ago was pretty fun and exciting to explore, but still not nearly
>> as much as the GS was for some reason that I can't explain. Anyhow,
>> I just feel kind of nostaligic about it, which is why I'm writing
>> this little blurb here... :)
>
>So, you finally sucummb to the dark side...   :)

    I suppose it's a matter of perspective, I find it is Apple
Computer that is the dark side--at least when I look back at
all the things they've pulled during the past two decades. Oh
well, with Apple's worldwide market share having just dropped
to 2.6% I guess like in most movies, the dark side will fall
sooner or later. :)

>I'm glad I got myself a Powermac.  Debated about getting a lowly 486 or
>pent, but in the end, the extra dollars were worth it.

    Well I'm glad I got a Pentium, I think I'd either be bored to
tears or frustrated to death with a PowerMac. ;-) That is only my
opinion of course, and I think no lesser of anyone who decided to
follow the Macintosh path. Personally I think Apple II's are cooler
than the Macintosh _or_ PC, but it's been a stagnent platform for
years now, leaving little choice but to move on. I'm sort of in
between myself. :)

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca