Date: Mon, 24 Nov 97 06:03:05 -0900
From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com>
Subject: Tidbit - Mac 101

Keyword: Advocacy, Why Macs Are Better

This tidbit is from:

David E Romm

I'm the Lead Instructor for Macs at Brown Institute, a technical college 
in Minneapolis that teaches PC/LAN and other fields. Here's a bit of my 
introductory lecture, edited for the EvangeList.

1977: "Star Wars" (aka "A New Hope") 1977: Apple II

1980: "The Empire Strikes Back"
1981: IBM PC

1983: "The Return of the Jedi"
1984: Macintosh

Coincidence? Well, of course. But a nice parallel. Perhaps Lucas knew 
something we didn't.

And why should you continue to learn Macs when so much of the world is 
Wintel? Again, some dates:

1977: Apple II
1981: IBM PC

1984: Mac and Mac OS (System 1) 1990: Windows 3.0

1991: System 7
1995: Windows 95

1993: AV Macs w/DSP chip
1996: Pentium chips w/MMX

1994: PowerPC Macs w/RISC chips
?: Wintel RISC chips

Apple has consistently been four to six years ahead of the rest of the 
personal computer world. Macs are *still* way ahead of the Wintel world. 
If you want to work on a computer that everyone will be using at the 
beginning of the next millenia, you'll be working on a new Mac now.

The flip side is that the Wintel machines do not deserve to be insulted. 
All machines deserve respect. Macs of 1993 were great machines, and most 
of the world is finally using their capabilities.

The "Mac vs. PC" argument had validity circa 1987, when computers had 
vastly different hardware and software capabilities, but that simply 
isn't the case now. Anything a Mac IIci could do, a Pentium II machine 
can do now, faster. Anything a 486 could do, a PowerPC Mac can do now, 
faster.

Apple is on the cutting edge of technology, but the world doesn't buy 
cutting edge. The world eats at McDonald's and tapes "Baywatch" on VHS. 
You deserve better. Your Mac have a longer useful lifespan and make you 
more productive for longer than an equivalent Wintel machine.

Okay, now turn on your Mac and let's get started...