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MacGenius
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Icon 6 posted June 30, 2002 17:32      Profile for MacGenius   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Maybe I shoudn't tell this, but I laugh every time I think of it. Here goes...

Way back, one of my classmates's PC screwed up. I don't know, just general Windows crap.

Nevertheless, Proud Mac Fanatic that I am, asked him if he would come down to the lab and care to work on a Mac. (Back then, it was a bunch of 6100's.)

Anyhow, this was a report involving some science experiment, and thus, because he was a Word user, I booted up ClarisWorks 3.0's WP function, showed him the basics. Not long after, he was off. (typing) So when he was finished, he asked me how to access the A:\ drive. LOL! So I told him there was no A:\ drive and he just put in a disk. And then click desktop on the Save panel and click on the disk. And it saved. Then he started typing again. Typed about two pages. Then he saved it - or thought he did.

I stared at his screen, he narrowly missed the command ten pixels off. And the menu closed, he thought his document was saved. And THEN - he didn't care to ask me how to eject a disk, thinking he could do it. HE pressed the button below the disk drive - and the Mac turned off! LOL! Imagine his shock when he found that two pages of his document were MISSING!

Needless to say,

THE SUCKER NEVER USED A MAC AGAIN.

Why sucker? His attitude toward me when I gave him a detailed explanation of why he was a IDIOT regarding MACS.


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OSxMan
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Icon 10 posted July 02, 2002 14:21      Profile for OSxMan     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Well at least he didn't want to know how to open the cup holder.
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Icon 1 posted July 02, 2002 22:44      Profile for Alien Investor     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
THE SUCKER NEVER USED A MAC AGAIN.

Gee, thanks for helping convert people to loyal Windows users. Not.


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MacGenius
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Icon 1 posted July 16, 2002 12:53      Profile for MacGenius   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
YOU! I didn't do anything. He get pist off about his documnt and began to hate Macs.
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Zwilnik

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Icon 1 posted July 16, 2002 13:03      Profile for Zwilnik   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I saw several PC people accidentally switch off 6100s that way. It was one of those 'unfortunate' (bad) designs from the dark days.
Not really something to laugh about as that was a time when Apple had the definite upper hand on processors and a bunch of funky new machines. Unfortunately the low end one (the 6100) was badly crippled architecture wise and had some bad design mistakes (like the 'disk eject' power button).
Calling someone an idiot for doing what seems logical and pressing the button that's placed in exactly the place you'd expect it to be (Apple were trying to get people to switch platforms based on the x100s back then too) is a really good way to alienate them from a particular platform. I'm not suprised he had an attitude towards you.
I suspect your first instinct was right. maybe you shouldn't tell this story


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+Andrew
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Icon 1 posted July 16, 2002 21:45      Profile for +Andrew   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Great way to convince him that Macs are usable computers..
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