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to: Mike `/m`
from: Randy
date: 2005-06-06 19:58:02
subject: Re: A MCSE evaluates a Mac Mini

From: "Randy" 


"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
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>
> http://www.divisiontwo.com/articles/MacMini2.html
>
> So is the mini a maxi value?  For me, clearly, no.  When I consider that
> a good deal of my time is spent running applications like Disk
> Defragmenter, Scandisk, Norton AV, Windows Update and Ad-Aware--none of
> which are available for the Mac platform--it doesn't make sense for me
> to "switch" to a Mac at this time.  But will Apple's famous marketing
> team be able to sell the the emperor an invisible computer anyway and
> turn the mini into a maxi hit?  That's the question that remains to be
> answered....
> ===
>
>
> Only a Microsoft MCSE could turn a silent computer that does not
> auto-execute email viruses and trojans into a negative.
>
How many Unix/Linux defraggers do you know of? I don't know of very many;
yet we see by this guy's pontificating that they're mandatory for a
well-running machine.

Makes me wanna find a Pl/1 compiler and bring up Multics. sheesh....

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