Re: How many times must Apple make such DRASTIC architecture changes?

[Paul Schlyter <pausch@NO.saaf.SPAM.se>]

In article <1118298364.287597.133970@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, 
Taryntoo@gmail.com says...

> And let's count the number of times PC owners just went out and bought
> new PCs/ Windows/msWord/Office etc., just because their old PCs were so
> full of virii and spyware, that they just gave up on them.

Hasn't happened to me one single time yet -- and I've had a number of
PC's during the last 20 years!  the only one of my old PC's which no 
longer works flawlessly is my homebuilt XT clone from 1986: there the 
harddisk has failed.  But it can still be used as a floppy-only system,
and it started its life that way - the harddisk was added later.  It has 
an old CGA graphics card, and it shares video monitor with my old Apple 
II from 1980.

My 386 från 1988 and my 486 from 1994 still both work flawlessly.
On the 386 I've replaced the CMOS battery a few times, but the 486 still 
runs on its original CMOS battery.  They're not very useful by today's 
standards of course - but they do work!
 
> Get real. PC owners buy more computers, more often.

Could you please cite the source for this information?   <g>

> They keep paying for the same crappy software over and over again
> (win95, win98, ME, XP, Norton AV, Office 200xx)

I've never bought any M$-Office so far!  I use Staroffice/Openoffice
instead whenever I'm forced to deal with M$-Word files....

> because they've bought into some bizarre belief system.

FYI: Macs are more expensive than PC's --- now who is paying the
most for their belief system, really?