Why Macintosh?
A tongue in cheek response to people who claim
you shouldn't buy a mac.
In fairness, don't think I'm saying that Mac
users haven't faced "challenges" of their own (such as System 7.5.x,
Performa 6xx, PB5300s, LCs unable to cope with ethernet, to name a
few), but a large number of folks think Macs are easier to deal with
and more fun to use than other machines.
- Why not? They're fast, easy to manage, and as
long are you can get what software you want, you'll be
fine.
- Actually, you can run more software on a Mac
than on any other hardware platform. In addition to MacOS, current
PowerMacs support MKlinux, Mach10, BeOS, MacOS X raw on hardware,
and DOS, Windows95/98/NT via software emulation or hardware
boards. Not to mention Playstation CDs and old arcade games. You
can even run OS/2. Oh, and if you're really a masochistic, don't
forget AIX and AU/X on some of the older units....
- You can hold Mac laptops in your lap without
burning your legs, and get as long as seven hours out of a single
battery.
- Total Cost of Ownership is lower. You may pay
a little more for a Macintosh (maybe!) than you would for a PC,
but more than likely you'll never have to upgrade it. And in my
experience, the average useful life span is 4-5 years, instead of
2-3 years for PCs.
- Plug and play, not plug and pray. Typically,
if you do upgrade your Mac, you'll most likely be able to do it
yourself, without having to spend a lot of time on getting the new
hardware to work.
- They're Y2K compliant, and always have
been.
- Sure,
MacOS doesn't multi-task as well as unix or nt (yet), but neither
do I. How many things can you do at once?
- Not much to worry about in the way of
viruses.
- The cheap ones are fast and come in pretty
colors.
- No registry. 'nuff said.
- Well, mebbe not. No IRQs either.
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