Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:39:07 -0600, Gene Jones wrote
(in article
<jasin-5F69D5.21390728012008@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net>):
> In article <13pt8tmkpsnmi9c@news.supernews.com>,
> Spinner <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>>> but you'd be stuck with a iny keyboard and keys that don't light up in
>>> dark airplane / conference conditions.
>>
>> If Apple users would learn to touch-type, they wouldn't need a
>> light-up keyboard. ;-)
>
> never have seen a mac user hunt and peck, they are better educated than
> most any computer user. i think you mean if mac users were "less
> affluent" they wouldn't desire such high quality features.
Here we have the "social elite" Mac user stereotype. Bill Gates
is the richest guy on the planet, yet he uses something else.
So much for that theory.
People from all different backgrounds, educational levels and
wealth figures own both macs and PCs. Trying to pretend that
owning one makes you extra special, extra-smart or extra-wealthy
doesn't make your argument more compelling. Quite the opposite.
> it's really amazing when you use it day to day.
I have a MBP with it, and I don't find it amazing at all. In
fact, I have it set to 0% so it doesn't just waste battery
clicking on/off when you move your hands over the sensors in
normal use in moderately low light conditions.
> pc users have no understanding of modern computing features, so they
> always are jealous it seems.
And pathetically bad Mac advocates can't stop trying to play
amateur psychologist in an attempt to find cause to cover up the
underlying insults when they stereotype PC users.
Both platforms have tradeoffs, as does Linux. There is no
perfect piece of computing hardware, and there is no perfect OS.
It's all about preference. Currently, I prefer OS X to the
alternatives, but I also see and recognize that others have
different needs and expectations. As such, I'm not compelled to
insult them, or impugn their motivations for using other
products.
--
Lefty
All of God's creatures have a place..........
..........right next to the potatoes and gravy.
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