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Posted by Michelle Steiner on 02/01/93 11:47
In article <0001HW.C07CF1720056A5A7F0488530@news.wildblue.net>,
Donald McDaniel <orthocross@invalid.net> wrote:
> >> Yes. I buy computers to run useful applications for me, not to
> >> indulge in OS flamewars.
>
> In the first place, one does not have to "spend $200", since XP
> Professional can be purchased for much less.
Professional lists for $299; you can get more than a third off? Home
edition lists for $199, and the lowest I've seen it for sale has been in
the 190s.
> And do NOT believe the "theory" that only a "Full Retail XP Pro" will
> install and run via BootCamp on an Intel Mac. This is just FUD
> from ignorant people, or nay-sayers in the Apple camp.
Do you know this for a fact, or is just more of you're blowing smoke?
> > That second sentence is totally unresponsive and irrelevant to my
> > question.
>
> And how was his answer "totally unresponsive and irrelevant"?
Because my question had nothing to do with OS wars.
> From my way of thinking, it makes perfect sense.
I'm not surprised.
> Buy a knife to cut things with, buy a computer to run the software
> you want to run.
He was advocating buying a chain saw where a butter knife would do.
> But from my perspective, buying an over-priced computer (great as it
> is) just to run OS X is just as "financially wasteful".
Well, fortunately, the Mac is not overpriced, and furthermore, people
buy it to actually do things, not just to run the OS.
> > I just can't see any newsreader being worth $229.
>
> You're right about one thing, Michelle. You just can't see another
> person's point of view.
Wrong.
> Which only means that you're completely without compassion,
Wrong.
> like the rest of the Mac fanatics.
Wrong.
> You're certainly in "good company", aren't you?.
Yup, I am in good company. So why don't you go back to
<news:alt.i-am-better-than-you-because-i-am-a-eastern-orthodox-christian.
org> and peddle your vitriol there?
--
Stop Mad Cowboy Disease: Impeach the son of a Bush.
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