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From: Your Name on 11 Jun 2010 02:45 "John Navas" <jncl1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote in message news:ft43169cc7faj90eaeimf2dmqo6md4lppg(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 31 May 2010 09:24:42 -0500, in > <jollyroger-D7353F.09244231052010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger > <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > >In article <HIHMn.56618$HG1.4676(a)newsfe21.iad>, > > Todd Allcock <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote: > > > >> Every one of my > >> Windows machines is protected, and I can count on one hand the number of > >> detected threats I've hit in the last couple of years. > > > >Meanwhile, I don't have to count at all with my Mac, because there have > >been exactly ZERO for the past 12 years. > > That you know of. There aren't any to get.
From: Your Name on 11 Jun 2010 02:51 "nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:110620100219363814%nospam(a)nospam.invalid... > > the mac on the other hand, was very easy to write software. initially > it required a lisa but mac native tools appeared very quickly. some of > the were amazing for their time, such as lightspeed pascal and > lightspeed c. <snip> Yep. I've still got Think Pascal (the last version of Lightspeed Pascal which Symantec renamed and then killed off) installed on my PowerMac. Symantec used to have it on their website as a free download - it's no longer there, but you can get it elsewhere. I wish they'd make a Mac OS X version. :-(
From: Your Name on 11 Jun 2010 02:53 "nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:110620100019301448%nospam(a)nospam.invalid... > In article <jk5316tp95sibreof6mgv679mahr6b4m3a(a)4ax.com>, John Navas > <jncl1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > > > >> Mac OS X has always supported two-button mice. Some earlier versions of > > >> Mac OS also supported them as well. > > > > > >Any Mac could probably support a two / multi-button mouse if the company > > >selling the device wanted to write driver software ... but the point is > > >that the Mac doesn't need a two button mouse. Personally I very rarely had > > >any need for more than one button. > > > > "It's not a limitation, it's a feature!" :) > > actually it is. the mac os is designed around one button, whereas > windows is designed around two buttons. > > apple had multi-button support for a *long* time but few people cared. > it wasn't until all the windows switchers started buying macs and > thinking that they really need a two button mouse. It's also due to larger screens and lazy users not wanting to go "all the way" to the top of the screen to access menus. :-)
From: Your Name on 11 Jun 2010 02:54 "John Navas" <jncl1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote in message news:nr6316dcerdeqn0sa4otnlhnrhbed1c3fv(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 31 May 2010 00:16:10 -0700, in > <michelle-33598D.00161031052010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Michelle > Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > >In article > ><your.name-3105101613460001(a)203-109-170-215.dial.dyn.ihug.co.nz>, > > your.name(a)isp.com (Your Name) wrote: > > > >> > What actually eventually succeeded was netbooks, which had nothing to > >> > do with things Apple. > >> > >> Netbooks are nothing to do with PDAs, Newtons nor iPads. > > > >Not only that, but netbooks are cannibalizing sales from laptops, and with > >their lower margins, are reducing profits from the companies that sell both. > > Netbooks actually expanded the market. > Notebooks (not laptops) are still doing fine. > It's desktops (mostly towers) that are getting canabalized. And yet a large proportion of those laptops never actually leave the desk and wall socket. :-\
From: nospam on 11 Jun 2010 03:03
In article <husltn$ic7$1(a)lust.ihug.co.nz>, Your Name <your.name(a)isp.com> wrote: > > >Meanwhile, I don't have to count at all with my Mac, because there have > > >been exactly ZERO for the past 12 years. > > > > That you know of. > > There aren't any to get. there are, but it requires deliberate installation. |