In article
,
Derek Currie wrote:

> I personally am in shock. All these years I didn't believe in miracles,
> and then this happens: Rabid Windows bigot, self-proclaimed 'prominent
> Windows-based writer' Paul Thurrott bought his wife a Macintosh, and,
> and, OH GAWD! He likes it!
>
> Here is where you can read the original story:
>
> My Wife Is Switching to the Mac
> December 28, 2005
> <http://www.connectedhomemag.com/Home...cfm?ArticleID=
> 48887>
>
> Thurrott posts his further adventures in Mac at his Internet Nexus blog:
>
>
> Here is where you can read a summary, commentary by the staff at
> MacDailyNews, as well as witty comments by MDN readers (guaranteed to
> tick off Windows users, in usual 'Mac fanatic' fashion):
>
>
>
> To quote MacDailyNews:
>
> > Note that once Thurrott actually gave the Mac a chance, his most inane
> > anti-Apple, anti-Mac drivel dried up faster than a puddle in Phoenix. If a
> > "prominent Windows-based writer" such as Thurrott can be so changed, then
> > who
> > the heck can't be swayed?
> > . . .
> > The moral of this tale: use a Mac before you slam Apple's platform, because
> > the only thing you'll be slamming afterward is the top of your old Windows
> > PC's box as you ship the thing off to some unsuspecting eBay buyer.
>
> And don't think Thurrott has been brain washed, paid off, or intimidated
> by Apple, a la Microsoft style. Check out this quote from Thurrott
> himself:
>
> > I'm a big fan of Mac OS X, albeit one who is perhaps more honest about the
> > system's shortcomings than the typical Mac fanatic.
>
> Well, THIS 'typical' Mac fanatic, aka ME, has never been quiet about
> Apple's shortcomings. ALL computers are too difficult to use, including
> Apple's. We remain in the Stone Age of computing. But if you champion
> positive progression in computing then you should champion Apple's Mac.
>
> I applaud Thurrott's determination to be honest. Now that he actually is
> gaining some Mac experience he can do away with his historical
> Mac-ignorance and authoritatively translate to the Windows using masses
> just how great the Mac has been all along.
>
> And let's hope his wife can get shut him up and get a word in edge-ways
> as well.
>
> Share and Enjoy,
>
> :-Derek
>
>
> [PS: I have a hat ready to eat if Enderle ever gets a clue about Macs.
> That would signal the start of the Apocalypse].

Your enthusiasm is premature I think. Thurrott is just a cleaned-up
version of Tom Elam and Muha man. It won't be long before he starts
trashing the Mini, OS X and Apple with trumped-up problems just like our
resident trolls. Mark my words. You'll know it's begun when he reports
that the Mini's "handle" broke for no reason.

--
"There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant
number of users want fixed." Bill Gates

Source: Focus Magazine, nr.43, pages 206-212, (October 23, 1995)

"Derek Currie" wrote in message
news:derekcurrie-73A0AD.01381129122005@syrcnyrdrs-01-ge0.nyroc.rr.com...
>I personally am in shock. All these years I didn't believe in miracles,
> and then this happens: Rabid Windows bigot, self-proclaimed 'prominent
> Windows-based writer' Paul Thurrott bought his wife a Macintosh, and,
> and, OH GAWD! He likes it!
>
> Here is where you can read the original story:
>
> My Wife Is Switching to the Mac
> December 28, 2005
> <http://www.connectedhomemag.com/Home...cfm?ArticleID=
> 48887>
>
Mac are great for stay-at-home moms. Even my Imac G5 can handle searching
recipes on line. Just don't use Safari... CRASH
> Thurrott posts his further adventures in Mac at his Internet Nexus blog:
>
>
> Here is where you can read a summary, commentary by the staff at
> MacDailyNews, as well as witty comments by MDN readers (guaranteed to
> tick off Windows users, in usual 'Mac fanatic' fashion):
>
>
>
> To quote MacDailyNews:
>
>> Note that once Thurrott actually gave the Mac a chance, his most inane
>> anti-Apple, anti-Mac drivel dried up faster than a puddle in Phoenix. If
>> a
>> "prominent Windows-based writer" such as Thurrott can be so changed, then
>> who
>> the heck can't be swayed?
>> . . .
>> The moral of this tale: use a Mac before you slam Apple's platform,
>> because
>> the only thing you'll be slamming afterward is the top of your old
>> Windows
>> PC's box as you ship the thing off to some unsuspecting eBay buyer.
>
> And don't think Thurrott has been brain washed, paid off, or intimidated
> by Apple, a la Microsoft style. Check out this quote from Thurrott
> himself:
>
>> I'm a big fan of Mac OS X, albeit one who is perhaps more honest about
>> the
>> system's shortcomings than the typical Mac fanatic.
>
> Well, THIS 'typical' Mac fanatic, aka ME, has never been quiet about
> Apple's shortcomings. ALL computers are too difficult to use, including
> Apple's. We remain in the Stone Age of computing. But if you champion
> positive progression in computing then you should champion Apple's Mac.
>
> I applaud Thurrott's determination to be honest. Now that he actually is
> gaining some Mac experience he can do away with his historical
> Mac-ignorance and authoritatively translate to the Windows using masses
> just how great the Mac has been all along.
>
> And let's hope his wife can get shut him up and get a word in edge-ways
> as well.
>
> Share and Enjoy,
>
> :-Derek
>
>
> [PS: I have a hat ready to eat if Enderle ever gets a clue about Macs.
> That would signal the start of the Apocalypse].
>
> --
> "To create a new standard it takes something that's not just a little bit
> different. It takes something that's really new and really captures
> people's
> imagination. And the Macintosh, of all the machines I have ever seen, is
> the
> only one that meets that standard." -Bill Gates

MuahMan wrote:

> "Derek Currie" wrote in message
> news:derekcurrie-73A0AD.01381129122005@syrcnyrdrs-01-ge0.nyroc.rr.com...
> >I personally am in shock. All these years I didn't believe in miracles,
> > and then this happens: Rabid Windows bigot, self-proclaimed 'prominent
> > Windows-based writer' Paul Thurrott bought his wife a Macintosh, and,
> > and, OH GAWD! He likes it!
> >
> > Here is where you can read the original story:
> >
> > My Wife Is Switching to the Mac
> > December 28, 2005
> > <http://www.connectedhomemag.com/Home...cfm?ArticleID=
> > 48887>
> >
> Mac are great for stay-at-home moms. Even my Imac G5 can handle searching
> recipes on line. Just don't use Safari... CRASH

Stop looking for recepies at warez sites. And stop pretending anything
but your brain crashed, liar-boy. Everybody knows you didn't even have
to force-quit Safari.
--
Lars T.

In article ,
"MuahMan" wrote:

> "Derek Currie" wrote in message
> news:derekcurrie-73A0AD.01381129122005@syrcnyrdrs-01-ge0.nyroc.rr.com...
> >I personally am in shock. All these years I didn't believe in miracles,
> > and then this happens: Rabid Windows bigot, self-proclaimed 'prominent
> > Windows-based writer' Paul Thurrott bought his wife a Macintosh, and,
> > and, OH GAWD! He likes it!
> >
> > Here is where you can read the original story:
> >
> > My Wife Is Switching to the Mac
> > December 28, 2005
> > <http://www.connectedhomemag.com/Home...cfm?ArticleID=
> > 48887>
> >
> Mac are great for stay-at-home moms. Even my Imac G5 can handle searching
> recipes on line. Just don't use Safari... CRASH

I've never had ANY version of Safari crash - ever! What are you doing to
make yours crash?

--
George Graves

"George Graves" wrote in message
news:gmgraves-27278B.12393029122005@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com ...
> In article ,
> "MuahMan" wrote:
>
>> "Derek Currie" wrote in message
>> news:derekcurrie-73A0AD.01381129122005@syrcnyrdrs-01-ge0.nyroc.rr.com...
>> >I personally am in shock. All these years I didn't believe in miracles,
>> > and then this happens: Rabid Windows bigot, self-proclaimed 'prominent
>> > Windows-based writer' Paul Thurrott bought his wife a Macintosh, and,
>> > and, OH GAWD! He likes it!
>> >
>> > Here is where you can read the original story:
>> >
>> > My Wife Is Switching to the Mac
>> > December 28, 2005
>> > <http://www.connectedhomemag.com/Home...cfm?ArticleID=
>> > 48887>
>> >
>> Mac are great for stay-at-home moms. Even my Imac G5 can handle
>> searching
>> recipes on line. Just don't use Safari... CRASH
>
> I've never had ANY version of Safari crash - ever! What are you doing to
> make yours crash?
>
Launching it, going to a website. Stuff like that.

> --
> George Graves

In article ,
"MuahMan" wrote:

> "George Graves" wrote in message
> news:gmgraves-27278B.12393029122005@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com ...
> > In article ,
> > "MuahMan" wrote:
> >
> >> "Derek Currie" wrote in message
> >> news:derekcurrie-73A0AD.01381129122005@syrcnyrdrs-01-ge0.nyroc.rr.com...
> >> >I personally am in shock. All these years I didn't believe in miracles,
> >> > and then this happens: Rabid Windows bigot, self-proclaimed 'prominent
> >> > Windows-based writer' Paul Thurrott bought his wife a Macintosh, and,
> >> > and, OH GAWD! He likes it!
> >> >
> >> > Here is where you can read the original story:
> >> >
> >> > My Wife Is Switching to the Mac
> >> > December 28, 2005
> >> > <http://www.connectedhomemag.com/Home...cfm?ArticleID=
> >> > 48887>
> >> >
> >> Mac are great for stay-at-home moms. Even my Imac G5 can handle
> >> searching
> >> recipes on line. Just don't use Safari... CRASH
> >
> > I've never had ANY version of Safari crash - ever! What are you doing to
> > make yours crash?
> >
> Launching it, going to a website. Stuff like that.

How come YOUR copy of Safari crashes and nobody else's does? I'm
verrrrry suspicious.

--
George Graves

On 2005-12-29 12:39:30 -0800, George Graves said:

> In article ,
> "MuahMan" wrote:
>
>> "Derek Currie" wrote in message
>> news:derekcurrie-73A0AD.01381129122005@syrcnyrdrs-01-ge0.nyroc.rr.com...
>>> I personally am in shock. All these years I didn't believe in miracles,
>>> and then this happens: Rabid Windows bigot, self-proclaimed 'prominent
>>> Windows-based writer' Paul Thurrott bought his wife a Macintosh, and,
>>> and, OH GAWD! He likes it!
>>>
>>> Here is where you can read the original story:
>>>
>>> My Wife Is Switching to the Mac
>>> December 28, 2005
>>> <http://www.connectedhomemag.com/Home...cfm?ArticleID=
>>> 48887>
>>>
>> Mac are great for stay-at-home moms. Even my Imac G5 can handle
>> searching recipes on line. Just don't use Safari... CRASH
>
> I've never had ANY version of Safari crash - ever! What are you doing
> to make yours crash?

I've had Safari crash on me, and then I got rid of the Windows Media
Player and Real Audio plug-ins. No trouble since.

-jcr

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On 2005-12-29, MuahMan spake thusly:
>
> "Derek Currie" wrote in message
> news:derekcurrie-73A0AD.01381129122005@syrcnyrdrs-01-ge0.nyroc.rr.com...
>>I personally am in shock. All these years I didn't believe in miracles,
>> and then this happens: Rabid Windows bigot, self-proclaimed 'prominent
>> Windows-based writer' Paul Thurrott bought his wife a Macintosh, and,
>> and, OH GAWD! He likes it!
>>
>> Here is where you can read the original story:
>>
>> My Wife Is Switching to the Mac
>> December 28, 2005
>> <http://www.connectedhomemag.com/Home...cfm?ArticleID=
>> 48887>
>>
> Mac are great for stay-at-home moms. Even my Imac G5 can handle searching
> recipes on line. Just don't use Safari... CRASH

Not sure what you are talking about. I have a powerbook g4, and my wife has
an eMac g4, and I have to say that safari is the best browser I have ever
used for general browsing and surfing. It is fast, robust, and able to
handle media files without a hiccup. I have not had it crash in the three years
I have been using it.

The really bogus browser was IE for Mac, which, curiously, MS abandoned.
Probably because it was a completely different codebase, as bad as it was,
it was orders of magnitude better than IE for windows.

I use the Linux box, and I prefer Firefox but have found it to be slower than
Safari. One the other hand, it is a fortress against prying eyes that no other
browser can match, IMHO.

regards,

Mathew

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On 2005-12-30, George Graves spake thusly:
> In article ,
> "MuahMan" wrote:
>
>> "George Graves" wrote in message
>> news:gmgraves-27278B.12393029122005@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com ...
>> > In article ,
>> > "MuahMan" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Derek Currie" wrote in message
>> >> news:derekcurrie-73A0AD.01381129122005@syrcnyrdrs-01-ge0.nyroc.rr.com...
>> >> >I personally am in shock. All these years I didn't believe in miracles,
>> >> > and then this happens: Rabid Windows bigot, self-proclaimed 'prominent
>> >> > Windows-based writer' Paul Thurrott bought his wife a Macintosh, and,
>> >> > and, OH GAWD! He likes it!
>> >> >
>> >> > Here is where you can read the original story:
>> >> >
>> >> > My Wife Is Switching to the Mac
>> >> > December 28, 2005
>> >> > <http://www.connectedhomemag.com/Home...cfm?ArticleID=
>> >> > 48887>
>> >> >
>> >> Mac are great for stay-at-home moms. Even my Imac G5 can handle
>> >> searching
>> >> recipes on line. Just don't use Safari... CRASH
>> >
>> > I've never had ANY version of Safari crash - ever! What are you doing to
>> > make yours crash?
>> >
>> Launching it, going to a website. Stuff like that.
>
> How come YOUR copy of Safari crashes and nobody else's does? I'm
> verrrrry suspicious.

Ok, come to think of it, I have had Safari quit with the "this application
has unexpectedly quit" message, on a couple of occasions while starting it
up. I had forgotten because the screen dosen't freeze with a window image
and the computer dosen't lock up. The OS just terminates the process and
removes the PID from the task list. It does this with any app that dies,
quietly, RIP.

Regards,

Mathew


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