From: jmalloy@itsmail1.hamilton.edu (Joseph T. Malloy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: Macintosh bigots
Keywords: PC Good, Mac less so : )
Date: 18 Nov 92 00:37:55 GMT
Organization: Hamilton College - Clinton, NY

In article <BxtMBv.HGA@javelin.sim.es.com> mmunson@animal.es.com (Mark Munson) writes:
>In article: <1992Nov13.141945.18628@itsmail1.hamilton.edu>
>Joseph T. Malloy responds to JS:
>
>JS> Anyway, one of the Macintoshes biggest charms is that you do not need
>JS> to think about such trivialities as what OS to use. You just get a
>JS> computer. (Well, that was the origional idea. Now you get a computer,
>JS> monitor, keyboard, etc.. Still, its better at this than the PC)
>JS> A great many people do not really care about these techy issues.
>
>JM> I looked -- oh, so briefly -- longingly at one of the first Macs
>JM> demonstrated around here in, what, 1984?  It sure seemed nifty.  But
>JM> when I asked the salesdroid about getting the the CLI, his reaction was
>JM> a befuddled "what?"  I finally made it clear what I meant and he finally
>JM> made it clear to me that I couldn't.  That was the end of the Mac for
>JM> me, never mind its outrageous price (for the 128K Mac!  MacWrite could
>JM> hold, what, six double-spaced typed pages of test?  What a joke!) and
>JM> closed archetecture (single source?  No, thanks!) 
>
>JM> With the Mac, it's either love it or leave it, the user has no choice.
>JM> That, I susepct, keeps it in its fringe position as much as price and
>JM> closed architecture.  Mac heads have no choice.  Windows and, even more,
>JM> OS/2 users do have a choice.  I'll take choice any day.
>
>JM> Besides, those screens were so darn small!  Such bad resolution!  And
>JM> that 90-day Apple warranty!  Reliance on dealers for service (the
>JM> average Apple dealer in this area lasts about 2 years).  Yikes!
>
>JM> jmalloy@hamilton.edu
>
>Joseph:  If you ever graduate I'll be amazed.
>
>Do you wonder what Joseph would think if he saw a Mac II with a window
>spanning both a 19" 24-bit color display and a monochrome portrait display
>at the same time?  
>
>Answer (you choose)    Where's the eject button?
>                       Does it come with a CLI?
>                       Is extended memory standard?
>                       Gee! That 19" color monitor is soo small.
>                       Can I format floppies in the background?
>                       Will it take PC adapter cards?
>                       Where's the 5 1/4 drive?
> 
>
>[MGM]

Hey, to you it's Professor Malloy, Ph.D.  So much for the personal
insult.  Don't make unfounded ASSumptions..

I suppose your point is that the Mac advanced beyond its initial,
crippled state.  Please show me where I said anything to the contrary.
If you re-read whay I wrote, you'll see that I was recounting a story
from the past.  The past is not the present, see?  (So, for your ability
to read what I wrote and reason with that, I give you an F!)

The Mac you describe, alas, is still in the minority.  We're a heavily
Macked-up campus and most of the machines available are either 512s or
some flavor of a plus.  What has held IS back?  Cost.  The Mac, until
very recently, was never much of a bargain.

I usually don't return insults, but, hey, it's Usenet!  If you ever
learn to read, it'll be amazing!  (Must be too much time diddling with
those, um, little pictures on your Mac...)

jmalloy@hamilton.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy