Willard McCarty <MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca> (02/14/90)
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 1046. Tuesday, 13 Feb 1990. Date: Mon, 12 Feb 90 22:51:42 EST From: Norman Zacour <ZACOUR@vm.epas.utoronto.ca> Subject: Choosing a computer system Halio's article has generated much very warm talk about choosing this or that computer system as a function of what - ways of perception? In the past five or six years I have watched about 30 people choose computers - not one of them did so by comparing Mac or IBM compatible. Rather, they were introduced to one or the other (never both) by some friend or colleague. It's like choosing the language you speak; it depends on which mother the good lord gives you. This is not usually in one's own hands, or depends on one's spatial or verbal skills. But I have also noticed in a very few cases where a novice meets with both before making any heavy commitment, that she or he might move from IBM compatible to Mac. I have never seen a novice go the other way. I wonder why not.