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   From: Lefty@NotARealAddress.com   
      
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   Woofbert wrote:   
   > In article <2LA%a.11634$2Y6.3122496@news2.news.adelphia.net>,   
   >  "Lefty"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Woofbert wrote:   
   >>> In article ,   
   >>>  "Lefty"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> It's really the "most people are wrong" thing I'm disagreeing with,   
   >>>> a childish, ego-centered, argument that the rest of the world   
   >>>> should feel the same way the speaker does.   
   >>>   
   >>> Would you extend that judgement about an argument to the one that   
   >>> "some people (meaning all Mac users) are wrong"?   
   >>   
   >> Extend from one position I don't have to another?   
   >   
   > Yes, you do have a position. You stated quite clearly that believing   
   > that most people are wrong about their choice of computing platform   
   > is a childish, ego-centered argument.   
   >   
   > I'm just asking whether you also think that beliving that Mac users   
   > are are wrong about their choice of computing platform is also a   
   > childish, ego-centered argument.   
      
   Oh, OK.  If anybody out there has an opinion that all Mac users are   
   wrong about their choice, then that is also a childish, and   
   ego-centered argument.   
      
   (I thought I said basically the same thing another way.)   
      
   >> I don't think most people are wrong about that platform choice, and   
   >> that includes Mac users.  I think most people choose some "principal   
   >> value" and use that to drive their platform choice.   
   >>   
   >> For somebody who buys a random system out of the Sunday paper, that   
   >> principal value may just be convenience.   
   >   
   > Given the stories I keep hearing about how people's cameras and stuff   
   > don't work with their computers, it would appear that they just aren't   
   > getting the convenience they were hoping for. So when someone asks me   
   > what computer they should get, I tell them what and why.   
      
   Well you touch on another thing here.   
      
   I think most Mac users make their platform choice because their "principal   
   value" is in the UI and design integration.  That said, you really have to   
   do some extra legwork to collect a set of software, or peripherals like   
   cameras, that work with that integrated design and UI don't you?   
      
   You may indeed have better plug and play, but you know you are going to do   
   some extra work to locate parts that actually play with it.  You can't just   
   go buy any camera, video card, or printer, and assume it will be a flawless   
   experience.   
      
   (For that matter, perhaps if these Windows did the same compatiblity   
   research that the typical minority platform user (Mac or Linux) must do,   
   maybe they also would have a better experience.)   
      
      
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