Re: Mac is the AS/400 of Desktop Computing per Dvorak

[Lou Forlini <lforlini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:49 AM -0500 6/19/02, Mark Allen wrote:
>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1885,00.asp
>
>Mac is the AS/400 of Desktop Computing
>
>Snip here......
>
>Isn't it about time the Macintosh was simply discontinued-put down like
>an old dog? Why, exactly, does Apple maintain this line of machines
>instead of starting fresh or at least introducing something new with
>fresh legs. The Mac has become the AS/400 of desktop computing, except
>for the fact that it's prettier. Of course, if Apple never moves
>forward, what happens to the copycat Windows platform?

    It's Microsoft that ladles out the same crap every year, and
writers like John Dvorak dutifully lap it up and strain to come up
with reasons why it's the greatest Windows ever.  Apple completely
revamps the Macintosh, in both OS and hardware, and the best Dvorak
can come up with is that its an old dog.  The only old dog is that
should be put down is Dvorak, the out-of-touch flaming a-hole.

    Regards,

    - Lou Forlini
      Software Engineer
      System Support Products, Inc.