From: solitude439@rcn.com   
      
   The other thing I take notice to is that Windows users tend to be vicious   
   when they're pure and precious OS is under fire.   
      
   ) D.C.   
      
   in article 030420041351218516%ramos30@verizon.net, Alan Ramos at   
   ramos30@verizon.net wrote on 4/3/04 1:51 PM:   
      
   > Yeah, I'm an "expert" from the same era as you are and also have had   
   > the same experiences but I think what sets us apart from "consumers" is   
   > the fact that we "get it".  You never have to relearn something as the   
   > basic concept is the same.  We are thinking a like on this, friend..   
   > But where I become an expert is in the ability to manipulate the   
   > command line and even do some programming as well as some A.S.S. work.   
   > This is what boggles many peoples minds and it does so for me too just   
   > to think that one can survive in today's office environment and not be   
   > able to just get to work regardless of the OS.   
   >   
   > Whether you're lacing your workboots or your wingtips they are still   
   > shoe laces and they tie up pretty much the same way.  Don't get me   
   > started on loafers!  ;)   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > In article , Roberto Icaza   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I concur with SwtichtoG5.  I think it's all just ignorance and lazyness.   
   >>   
   >> I have been playing with computers since 1983 when I started with TRS-80s   
   >> and a C-64.  I have become quite proficient with the Wintel set, but at the   
   >> same time, don't shy away from other OSes.  I run Linux, MacOS X, Windoze   
   >> 9X - XP and it's all binary to me, as long as you know basic computer   
   >> concepts, it doesn't matter which OS you're stuck with, you can always get   
   >> to work.   
   >>   
   >> I hate those close-minded idiots who self-proclaim themselves "experts" in   
   >> one or the other system, grow up!!  It's a computer, not a foreign language,   
   >> if you can point and click one GUI you can still point and click in another,   
   >> trust me, it CAN be done!!!   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> "SwitchToG5"  wrote in message   
   >> news:r5D6b.37616$R32.1191305@news2.tin.it...   
   >>> "AlfaTek"  ha scritto nel messaggio   
   >>> news:bjck6e$4bo$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk...   
   >>>> Why do some PC users hate Apple so?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I can understand the opposite, i mean, mac users are a minority,   
   >> microsoft   
   >>>> are evil etc   
   >>>> But why do some Windows users go out of their way to insult a computer   
   >>>> company that really doesnt affect their lives that much?   
   >>>   
   >>> I don't know also.   
   >>>   
   >>> I'm a pc user, but i love Mac world, infact i have a mac wallpaper and a   
   >>> little utility that imitate the wonderful aqua dock.   
   >>>   
   >>> Mac is a chance of this world to not fall definitively into bill's hand,   
   >> but   
   >>> people don't understand it.   
   >>>   
   >>> i'm using win xp only because mi HW is not compatible with linux, and i'   
   >> ve   
   >>> programmed to switch to mac when i have some more euros :-)   
   >>>   
   >>> i'm in this NG to gather some informations that mac lovers don't tell you,   
   >>> just to know the "negative aspect" before switch.   
   >>>   
   >>> Bye ^__^   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> P.S. i think that ignorant people are afraid of unknown things, and begin   
   >> to   
   >>> hate it.   
   >>>   
   >>> P.P.S. I'm the first ignorant, but i love the knowledge.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
      
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