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Current Talk '02 II / Re: OT=Computers
« on: July 17, 2002, 02:41:35 AM »Quote
Been hearing a new TV commercial for Apple computer.
I hear the guy saying...."I was scared, I was used to [size=24]wintel[/size] lol!!! wintel (get it...Window meets Intel!)
I haven't seen that one yet. Sounds hysterical.
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Is there anyone on here who runs an Apple?
There are at least two that I know of. But I'll leave it up to them to reveal themselves or not.
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Or...let's live on the edge here....is there anyone who
runs BOTH?[/i] (one @ home/other @ work)?
I have - in exactly that situation (Apple and Windows computers at work - Windows at home). IMO, they both have advantages and disadvantages. The really interesting thing is that, as Windows has developed from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95/98/2000/XP it becomes (at least in look and interface) more and more like Apple's operating system - though, natuarally, Bill Gates doesn't like to acknowledge that!
I actually prefer main frame computer operating systems like Wang's VS and Data General's AOS - but I teach Computer Programming (so you can't go by me ) and, of course, they're not an option on a desk/laptop. However, the more I hear & read about and see Linux, the more I think it just might give Windows a run for its money once it becomes more home user friendly. (I know of at least a couple dozen people (IT types, though) who run it at home now and swear by it.) And now that Microsoft can no longer coerce - oops, of course, I meant to say - persuade PC manufacturers to install Windows on their machines, the market should eventually open up for other types of operating systems.
I can only hope!