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Re: OT The platform wars are over... [message #99749 is a reply to message #99748]

Mon, 28 July 2008 21:47

dc[3]
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If that's the worst that happens, I am a happy guy.

DC

Bill L <bill@billlorentzen.com> wrote:
>Yeah, but why were you having ethernet trouble? ;-)
>
>DC wrote:
>> In the early 1990's at the univ. I worked at, the IT guys tried to
>> ban macs. If they found one in your dept. they would ridicule you
>> and tried to enforce a "no mac" campus standard. They would talk about
>> market share and comparisons to VHS vs. Betamax were tossed about
>> freely.
>>
>> In the mid 1990's, my wife's dept head actually banned macs from the dept.
>>
>> Both the IT director and my wife's dept. head got canned, thankfully,
>> but more importantly, let me be the first to declare the platform wars
>> over.
>>
>> Apple is now #3
>>
>> http://www.dailytech.com/Apple+Claws+Its+Way+Closer+to+the+T op+in+Retail+PC+Sales/article12409.htm
>>
>> Who'da thunk?
>>
>> So, let me say to all the geek doomsayers and PC nazis
>>
>> Bite Me. You were wrong all along. Get a life.
>>
>> Apple has developed into the BMW of comp. companies. My new
>> 8-core could not be more elegantly designed and built. Putting in
>> more RAM was like working on a beautiful sports car and Leopard makes
>> both Vista and XP look like bathroom grafitti in comparison.
>>
>> Cheap? No, but worth it, and there really is no competition if you care
>> about the things it offers.
>>
>> Oh, and a guy from Apple spent hours with me sorting out my ethernet
>> troubles.
>>
>> Nothing against PC's, but the platform wars are over. You pays yer
>> nickel and takes yer choice.
>>
>> DC
>>
>> oh and with VM Fusion, I can put XP over here and Leopard over there
>> on the same machine and the same monitor. Or on mon. 2 of an extended
>> desktop.

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		OT The platform wars are over... By: dc[3] on Sun, 27 July 2008 23:18
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: TCB on Mon, 28 July 2008 08:30
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: dc[3] on Mon, 28 July 2008 08:46
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: TCB on Mon, 28 July 2008 13:06
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: excelav on Mon, 28 July 2008 13:28
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: TCB on Mon, 28 July 2008 15:01
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: dc[3] on Mon, 28 July 2008 15:29
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: excelav on Mon, 28 July 2008 15:55
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: Ed on Thu, 31 July 2008 10:45
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: John [1] on Thu, 31 July 2008 12:49
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: excelav on Thu, 31 July 2008 16:16
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: John [1] on Fri, 01 August 2008 04:01
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: Sarah on Fri, 01 August 2008 05:01
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: Kim W on Fri, 01 August 2008 07:46
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: kerryg on Fri, 01 August 2008 09:19
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: TCB on Fri, 01 August 2008 14:17
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: dc[3] on Fri, 01 August 2008 17:53
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: Sarah on Sat, 02 August 2008 04:07
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: John [1] on Sat, 02 August 2008 05:34
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: Sarah on Sat, 02 August 2008 19:48
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: excelav on Fri, 01 August 2008 12:52
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: excelav on Mon, 04 August 2008 00:04
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: dc[3] on Mon, 04 August 2008 09:02
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: dc[3] on Mon, 28 July 2008 14:23
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: TCB on Mon, 28 July 2008 14:43
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: dc[3] on Mon, 28 July 2008 14:59
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: dc[3] on Mon, 28 July 2008 19:11
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: excelav on Mon, 28 July 2008 09:19
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: excelav on Mon, 28 July 2008 09:23
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: kerryg on Mon, 28 July 2008 14:39
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: dc[3] on Mon, 28 July 2008 14:55
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: kerryg on Mon, 28 July 2008 15:45
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: dc[3] on Mon, 28 July 2008 16:53
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: John [1] on Mon, 28 July 2008 16:25
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: dc[3] on Mon, 28 July 2008 16:55
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: John [1] on Tue, 29 July 2008 06:49
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: Bill L on Mon, 28 July 2008 20:56
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: dc[3] on Mon, 28 July 2008 21:47
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: Sarah on Tue, 29 July 2008 11:55
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: John [1] on Tue, 29 July 2008 13:56
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: Jamie K on Tue, 29 July 2008 14:47
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: kerryg on Tue, 29 July 2008 17:21
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: dc[3] on Tue, 29 July 2008 15:36
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: John [1] on Wed, 30 July 2008 04:45
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: excelav on Wed, 30 July 2008 00:52
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: John [1] on Wed, 30 July 2008 04:45
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: John [1] on Wed, 30 July 2008 04:58
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: excelav on Wed, 30 July 2008 07:11
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: John [1] on Wed, 30 July 2008 07:36
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: Kim W on Wed, 30 July 2008 07:46
		Re: OT The platform wars are over... By: John [1] on Wed, 30 July 2008 08:39

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