Re: What GSE-Reactive Really Needs to Make

[Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com>]

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 "Simon D. Williams" <bb065@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:

> On 17 Feb 2006 aiiadict@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> > >Lately, it seems more like "designer jeans".
> > 
> > I know very few people who use Mac.  In San Francisco,
> > most people who own Mac's also wear designer shoes
> > (no kidding)....  It isn't about function, it's about appearance.
> 
> Ironically that's a pretty superficial analysis. Almost every Mac user I
> know (and I know a lot) is concerned primarily with ease-of-use and
> reliability, both of which relate directly to function.
> The idea that Macs are a status symbol is probably more a reflection of
> Apple's marketing skills than reality. 

Ditto.  Most of the at home Mac users I know use Macs at home because 
they're tired of dealing with Windows at work at don't want to deal with 
it at home.

> Of all the "well-to-do" people I
> know, not a single one of them own a Mac.

Most of the "well-to-do" people I know have a Mac and usually don't give 
a damn about designer anything.

> > "art" in the case design.  The look of the OS.  They ignore
> > the lack of software, because they dont USE their computers
> > for anything...  It's just a nice looking box on the desk.
> 
> Lack of software? You must be joking. 

Unless you're talking about games...  Otherwise I as a Mac user I could 
have more software than I could reasonably use.

Greg B.

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