[WinMac] Re: iMac

Bill Chapman(billc[at]SARC.MsState.Edu)
Fri, 5 Feb 1999 11:29:09 -0600 (CST)

However, I have always said that PC's and Mac's are just computers, one
is not better or worse than the other. Just choose the one that has the
applications you need. With one exception: The mac floppy drive that
ejects the diskette on shutdown is much better than the PC with no auto-
eject. Now they have cut their own throat and removed the one superior
feature they had. :)

On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Michael bartosh wrote:
> > If it isn't a cost issue then they would include it. However I imagine it
> > is, that floppy drive cannot be near as cheap as the PC ones. I once saw
> > someplace where the same disk drive manufactured by Sony cost about $40 in
> > the store for the PC version and $100 for the Mac version. Obviously
> > vendors get them cheaper, I have seen just a PC disk drive in stores for
> > $20, so they probably cost PC vendors less than $10 each, but the equivalent
> > drive for a Mac is probably more around $30.
> >>
>
> No, really- look at my .sig- I think I would know. Trust me, it is
> not a cost issue. It's about moving towards a new,smarter way of
> doing things.
>
>
> -mab
>
>
> >From the iMac of...
>
> *******
> Michael Bartosh
> bartosh@tamu.edu
> 409/847.4397
> Apple Student Rep
> Texas A&M University
>
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> Tech Support: "Yes."
> Customer: "My computer isn't working now."
> Tech Support: "Yes, you said that."
>
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