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Old 01-19-2011, 06:51 AM   #14
wannabee
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When the first Mac was introduced there were very few people who used computers. Mainly tech heads and they spent a lot of time learning those skills. Then Apple had the audacity to introduce a computer "for the rest of us". They introduced a computer in 1984 that was sold like an electric toaster. You could take it out of the box and use it straight away.
Well.... for "tech heads" who spent forever training/learning DOS etc. it was a threat. Now anyone could use a computer so what did they do? They derided it. Mac vs PC crap has been going ever since. I remember people telling me that REAL computers didn't need a mouse.
I had been using a CPM machine (earlier than DOS)to run servomotors until then. But my eye for truly innovative stuff was not lost when my sister who had brought me home IBM punch cards to use as scap paper as a child called me one day and said. "Mark. You have to come and see what I have." it was the first Mac.
Love what you love and use what you like mate. A computer is a tool. Some people need hammers others need screwdrivers.
I'm on the front verandah watching the dog have a scratch listening the water falling in the pond with an iPad on my lap doing what is fun on an iPad. It's my tool for right now. When I need to do more than that I use a different tool. Sometime it's a Mac sometimes it's a PC. But I'm surprised at how many times I can do it right here on the iPad.

Having a ball. Mark
Happy reading/surfing.

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