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   bnl, Jan 9th, 2003 @ 10:01am

   
   

   wouldn't that be iFanatics?

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   it probably is an acquired taste

   

   Steve, Jan 9th, 2003 @ 12:48pm

   
   

   I use all kinds of OS's but still prefer the Mac the best. The more you work with it, the more you appreciate the little things that usually just seem to be better thought out from the beginning. Software typically isn't buggy--MS seems to continuously charge for should be considered beta software. But for most people, as you say, good enough is good enough, especially given the pricepoint and popularity of Windows. Mac geeks get excited about Macworld announcements because it's fun--a couple of times a year, there's a bunch of new products, and some attention to their OS of choice. Of course it's also about pulling for the underdog, fighting the man and all of that. It's really not that hard to figure out.

   I was rather perplexed by his final comments about MS & Intel getting standards better than Apple. Sorry but that's just plain a crock, MS has never been about standards but rather getting a monopoly and dictating it's own proprietary standards to the world. Intel has been the same way, with marketing dictating processor naming and releases, proprietary extensions put in not because of technological superiority but to out market the competition. Apple has been about as good as a for profit company can be at publishing open standards for the world to use. Of course that has made them sort of the lovable loser, lots of innovation and great technology but dropping the ball on marketing or application.

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   Re: it probably is an acquired taste

   

   Jayce, Jan 9th, 2003 @ 1:07pm

   
   

   "I was rather perplexed by his final comments about MS & Intel getting standards better than Apple. Sorry but that's just plain a crock..."
   
   I suppose that's why the Macintosh clone market is still thriving, eh?

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   Re: it probably is an acquired taste

   

   Kelvron, Jan 9th, 2003 @ 2:58pm

   
   

   The Macintosh clone market was killed by Jobs back around '97. He ended the licensing of the MacOS to computer makers within months of his return. The clones were actually doing a pretty good job in of themselves, but instead of helping expand the Macintosh market share, they were just digging into Apple's market share. That's why they were eliminated.

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   b0b, Jan 9th, 2003 @ 4:22pm

   
   

   "He can't figure out how people can get quite so excited about products that appear to be copies of products on the PC."
   
   Um, it's the other way around. PC industry copies Apple.
   

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   satarc, Jan 10th, 2003 @ 1:57am

   
   

   lol, say what you like but would you like to watch me use my right hand mouse button?
   
   click click
   
   ;p

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