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   From: rjackson@frontiernet.net   
      
   "Your Name"  wrote in message   
   news:yourname-1208110850520001@203-118-184-160.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz...   
      
   In article , "Redjak"   
    wrote:   
   > "Mark Dodel"  wrote in message   
   > news:cLdq6jdb1N4Q-pn2-54dkB8KQddz3@localhost...   
   > On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:28:06 UTC, Rob    
   > wrote:   
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   > ->   
   > -> Yeah, so still the largest market by far.   
   >   
   > >But it has plateaued.   While the Mac is on the rise.  Spin any way   
   > >you want.   
   >   
   > Does the fantasy comfort you?   
      
   >It ain't really a fantasy. Technically it's not Mac computers that are   
   >selling massively (although sales have risen), but the iPhone and iPad   
   >that are massive sales hits.   
      
   Maybe you should re-read the subject line.  Perhaps you consider iPhones and   
   iPads as PC's.   
      
   > -> If you want to use an   
   > -> industry-standard appliction, you get a PC.  Simples.   
   > ->   
   >   
   > >And if you just want something that works and doesn't generate   
   > >viruses, use anything except windows.   
   >   
   > Yes - another comforting fantasy rooted firmly in the fast receding past   
      
   >Yep, that would explain why only last night I had to leave a Windows   
   >laptop for nearly an hour downloading a 16MB update (via a dail-up   
   >connection) to the anti-virus software ... whereas no Macs I've ever used   
   >have downloaded even 1k of such silliness.   
      
   A whole hour!!!  Sounds long!   
      
   But there are reasons.   
      
   Maybe you should replace your ancient POS laptop with something current - like   
   three years old or less.   
      
   Maybe you don't know what you're doing.   
      
   Perhaps you are FOS - which I suspect.   
      
   Or maybe a combination of all three.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)