Posted by andrew on 07/13/07 22:49

On 2007-07-13, Tim Streater <timstreater@waitrose.com> wrote:
> In article <5fq7v3F3demmdU1@mid.individual.net>,

[...]

>> BTW, I think Mac is the clumsiest box I ever had to work with. I don't
>> get the zeal some people have for them at all.
>
> Oh really? Funny, I do all my web development on one. having said that,
> though, the Win version of Eudora is much the better so at work I keep
> an XP lappy just for that.
>
> And the Mac is not clumsy, either. I lost count of the number of times
> under XP where it won't let me move a file, just because it's open. On
> the Mac, you move a file elsewhere on a volume, the apps simply adjust
> to the new reality. That's the OS working for me instead of the other
> way around.

Perhaps Mac users should form an uneasy alliance with Linux users in
this malaware / virus debate :-) Somebody once said 'the enemy of my
enemy is my friend'. I just hope I am not quoting that Mario Puzo
novel ...

Andrew

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