Yeppers EE and MAC's and GUE No compromise on quality. Say what you will, but the simple fact is every year Windows makes another sad attempt to produce a GUI similar to a MAC. And Yes I work on both platforms. I dont always like to shell out the $$ on MACS but the plain and simple truth is MACs have the best operating system and the hardware rare if ever fails. In act the only hardware failure I have encountered, were from a SeaGate Hd and a aftermarket adaptor. Outside of this bantering is also the Fact that it is not really the computer anymore but the software. Hmm last count $22K on puters and $49k on software Now then At 08:56 PM 5/15/00 -0400, you wrote: >on 5/15/00 8:29 PM, Kevin Connell at kevin@nw*.co* wrote: > >> I don't see how "useless in a TCO aware environment" is a good term for DIR. > >Huh? TCO: Total Cost of Ownership?? MACs have a lower TCO than any computer! >It's also about as DIR as you can get. In fact, I think you have your wires >crossed. DIR is more MAC-like in that it's got a small and devoted >following, it's more sensibly and intelligently laid out. It's designed from >the ground up to be fully integrated and user-friendly. > >On the other hand, Windoze is more like "personal preference" divers. The >"rest" of the world dives non-DIR. Not designed at all, something that just >happened over time as more and more crap got added onto the OS and the >systemboards until crashing and Windows have become synonymous. > >A DIR-like diver is compliment, just like the phrase,"MAC-like" is. Who >thinks "Windows-like" is a compliment? No one. It just happens to be the >lowest common denominator that everyone else uses because, well, everyone >else uses it. > >MAC and DIR, two systems of excellence that only the most discriminating and >intelligent use! <g> > >Was this a diving or computer list? :-/ > >Later, > >JoeL > >Look at: > >http://www.execpc.com/~rjohnson/ics/features/cost.html > >And this long 1996 article that is still relevant and things are even better >today: > >http://www.planetcast.com/mac-ammo/ammo/FrankPetrie1.html > > >
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