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I first came into contact with Apple Macs back in the early
1990s when my friend's father purchased an LC II. At the time I thought it was a load
of rubbish (hey, I'd only ever used Nintendo's & an Amstrad
6128+).
But a few years later, it was time for me to get a computer for
myself and the family. Knowing little about computers, except that
PCs were there and were the odds on favourite of the time, I
decided on a Compaq Presario all in one. But later my dad found it
was impossible to expand, so there goes that idea.
Then came the Macintosh.
He saw it advertised on the back of the Sunday Times (an English
paper). He filled in the reply, and a week later we got a
promotional video. I watched it and I was in love. The Macintosh
was the computer for me; I was hooked.
My Dad still wasn't sure on whether to go for the Mac or not,
but then we found out that Windows 95 was as buggy as hell. The Mac
seemed the ideal computer. We brought it home and never looked
back.
My Dad is a civil engineer, and with the different sites that he
works on he gets a laptop for his own personal use. They have all
been PCs, and although I use them, we have not had one computer
that is as reliable as the Mac. When my Mac crashes, a quick
restart sorts out the problem - but crash a Wintel PC, and you end
up messing with config.sys files and command.com.
What can I say: it's a nightmare. Although I can generally work
the problem it just isn't as easy as the Mac, so that's why I say
Macs are the best. I recommend them to all my friends and although
they rebuke me. I just keep shouting louder and louder, "Keep it up
Apple."
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