"Tinman" <ask@for.it> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:59:36 GMT, Kevin Weaver
> <kevinkeithweaver@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> <snip>
>>It's like there is not much software for the mac. Why write software for
>>a dead machine. Why did apple go with the Intel chip ? They used the
>>Power PC Chip from day one.
>
> Not sure what you meant by "day one," but Macs didn't use PowerPC CPUs
> for nearly a decade after (the Mac's) release. The Mac used a Motorola
> 68k on day one. If you meant day-one of the PPC's release, no kidding
> (Apple was part of the alliance, I certainly would have expected them to
> use the CPU ASAP).
>
> That said, now that Macs run x86 CPUs I do find it amusing that nearly
> all of my Mac friends seem to enjoy running Windows (Parallels, etc.)
> more than anything else (or they speak about it a lot). They often
> continue to trash MS, even though they have purchased not only Windows,
> but extra software just to run it. Kinda hypocritical. <g>
>

And they blue screen a lot more often (when running WIndows) that a real PC!


Honu


>
> --
> Mike | Why do drugstores make the sick walk all the way
> | to the back of the store to get their prescriptions
> | while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front?