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[Lyman Green <lymang AT gmail.com>]

I grew up with an assortment of computers until '88 when I entered
college and got a Mac Plus.  I was a die-hard Mac guy until '96, when
the writing on the wall at work said we were going to migrate to PC's
so I bought one for home.
I still kept my PowerMac 9500 until last year.  I never could afford
to upgrade to a new MAC when compared to the prices of a PC.  Just
couldn't justify it.  I hear about the "ROI" and I hear about the
"maintenance" but honestly, that doesn't fit with my own experience as
a geek.  I personally don't have high maintenance costs on my PC, and
therefore I have no choice but to compare directly, MAC vs. PC price. 
I cannot sustain having two systems - I can't afford it, and since I
work with PC's now, and I no longer have the PowerMac 9500, I am out
of the Mac scene for good.  I wish that wasn't the case, as I always
loved my Mac, but the fact is that price is the issue and Apple has
ALWAYS charged a premium.  Even the Power Computing clones were more
expensive than I wanted them to be.

Then there's one more issue:  I remember when I did buy the PC, I
discovered the world of PC based RPG's.  Baldur's Gate, BG2, Icewind
Dale, IWD2, etc.  What I figured out was that although they often
eventually came out with ports or releases of these games on the Mac,
if I wanted to feed my addiction and get the game immediately, I
needed a PC.  And thus, I have a PC.

Lyman


On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 18:00:59 -0500, David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com> 
wrote:
> On 11/16/04 12:58 PM, "uzoma nwosu" <uzoma.nwosu AT gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > Okay, I'm in.
> >
> > I don't know about the rest of you but I'm poor.  Really poor.  And I
> > really don't see how the price point is negligible.  I was drooling
> > over my friends powerbook last summer so I hang around the Apple store
> > for a few hours and get a feel of the system.  They are really nice
> > machines.  And I've always loved how their keyboards felt. But I've
> > also always been annoyed with the one-button mouse/touchpad--and no, I
> > don't want to attach an external mouse on my laptop if I don't have
> > to.  I as a linux enthusiast, I prefer three but, I digress...
> 
> There is a second button, you just need SideTrack, a replacement driver for
> the Apple PowerBook and iBook trackpads to activate it. "With SideTrack
> installed your standard trackpad becomes a powerful multi-button scrolling
> mouse."
> 
> http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/20854
> 
> I use it with my PowerBook G4, and it turns the entire trackpad into the
> second button, in addition to turning the edges into scroll areas. The
> latest version can be configured to cat as a six button mouse.
> 
> - Vertical scrolling at left or right edge of pad.
> - Horizontal scrolling at top or bottom edge of pad.
> - Map hardware button to left or right click.
> - Map trackpad taps to no action, left click, left click drag
>  (with or without drag lock), or right click.
> - Map trackpad corner taps to mouse buttons 1-6 or simulated keystrokes.
> - Extensive control over accidental input filtering.
> 
> Don't leave home without it.
> 
> David
> 
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