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GM0CSZ > APPLE 15.03.06 09:51l 39 Lines 1627 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Macs ?
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Sent: 060305/1931Z @:GB7NOS.#76.GBR.EU #:4413 [Golspie] FBB7.00i $:0D2179GM0CSZ
From: GM0CSZ@GB7NOS.#76.GBR.EU
To : APPLE@WW
M0AWB wrote:-
>
>> I wonder then why Macs are not more popular with the general public if
>> they are so superior to PCs.
>
> I used a PC for years, never even considered a Mac. Then my Daughter, a
graphic> designer asked
> me to sort her Mac out. I had to read up on the subject but after playing with
> it for a month I went
> straight out and bought my own, a 20" G5 PPC. It is by far the most ultimately
> superior computer
> I've ever used. Had I known that 10 years ago I doubt I'd have ever bought a
> PC.
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When the Apple ][ was launched during the early 1980s Apple Inc made sure
that no 'official' clones came to the market ; although illegal clones
were available in Singapore etc made from Taiwan 'processed' components .
These components were then 'assembled' in back-street shops (often by
teenagers ,after school hours). I bought one of those ; used the machine
for about 5 years ;still OK .......waiting to be absorbed by a museum ;))
IBM did NOT fight the cloning of their PC resulting in ever decreasing
prices ................hence the PC became the facto standard , and was
perhaps the main reason for Microsoft's success.
When the Mac came to market Apple Inc again prevented cloning .
Inspite of (still) being a superior micro computer the Macs never
conquered the mass market. However they are still the choice of desktop
publishing companies.
73 - Frank , GM0CSZ @ GB7NOS.#76.GBR.EU
Inver by Tain , IV20 1RX Scotland UK Loc: IO87AT
Message timed: 22:46 UTC on 04 Mar 2006
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