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> "Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message
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>> "Billy Smith" <chungkingchungking******.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Dave" <nospam@biteme.com> wrote in message
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>>>> Billy Smith wrote:
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>>>>>> B> I run this Vista computer for mostly multimedia purposes and web
>>>>> browsing. I haven't rarely had a coughing fit out of it. Nothing like
>>>>> what older models did. XP included.
>>>>
>>>> You can do that stuff way faster on a Linux box. And with a lot less
>>>> risk and hassle.
>>>
>>> Linux is generally crap. I know because I installed it on a couple of my
>>> machines. It caused more problems using that crap and utilizing software
>>> than anything I have ever seen. Pure garbage. Just about like that other
>>> computer operating system called the Mac. I wouldn't have a Mac for
>>> toilet paper. Every Mac I saw ran like crap and you couldn't do 1/3 of
>>> what you can do on a Windows based Machine. That comes from a lot of
>>> personal experience with Mac based stuff back in the 90s and early part
>>> of this decade.
>>>
>>> It might be great now but back in those days they should have called it
>>> Crap versus Mac.
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>> Linux and Apple have their place, and with your comments I doubt you have
>> ever owned an Apple.
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>> The HUGE benefit of Linux over say Vista is Linux is not DRM invasive.
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> I never owned an apple but I used to have a lot of experience running the
> Apple/Mac system. I wasn't impressed with anything that it could allegedly
> do. Personally it was like an overhyped Ipod phone or Touch. A lot of
> glitz but little real performance. Not user friendly, not even for the
> novice. I probably spent at least a year on that sort of a system and I
> was none too impressed. Thats why Mac will never catch up to Microsoft in
> anything. The only people I personally knew that used Macs were kids
> wanting to use it for graphics. For business operations, office work, etc,
> it was never worth anything. I wouldn't even give a Mac system the time of
> day for even audio listening or multimedia video and audio.
>
> If Macs were so proficient and useful, then why in the hell doesn't
> everyone in the world switch to Macs. Since there is a free market in
> computers and a great deal of industriousness and ingenuity in the
> computer industry, then Macs should be right up there. Not to mention the
> facts are that a Microsoft based system can be had for 300 to 1000
> dolllars and a good one at that.
>
> What does a Crap cost? I was in the local Apple store recently here in
> Louisville KY. It was laughable that they wanted twice as much as any
> Microsoft PC and with less performance capabilities, less general respect.
> You'll see who buried who in the computer systems operating business
> environment. It sure wasn't Mac. Probably more people use Linux than Mac
> and thats sad.

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