Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 13:10:37 -0000
From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com>
Subject: Tidbit - Macs Inspire Affection, Dreams

Keyword: Advocacy, Why Macs Are Better

This tidbit is from:

Dan Wong

BLAST <@> explode.com, a general-interest webzine at www.explode.com, has two
stories in the latest issue on how two long-time Mac users, because of Apple's
past troubles, wrestled with the decision of whether to buy a Windows PC or
another Macintosh. The stories do a good job of representing the feelings of
many Evangelistas and Mac owners I know.

Here are some excerpts from the two stories titled "Thinking Different: Why I
Stayed Loyal to Apple" and "PCs Are Okay, But I Miss My Mac":

"Macs have never been popular in the corporate world. The corporate mentality
requires regimentation and mediocrity. That's why Windows dominates," he said.
"Macs are like Porsches. They inspire affection, they inspire dreams."

"How many companies buy Porsches for their employees to tool around in? None,
they'd rather have us driving around in Escorts or Tauruses," he added. "Don't
buy into the corporate mentality, which is naturally anti-Apple. You'll lose
your dreams."

"I am a big Macintosh fan. Huge. My first Mac was the classic desktop with the
tiny monochrome monitor built right in. It lacked a hard drive and ran on
floppies. It was beautiful and simple and didn't do all that much, now that I
think about it. My next Mac was a PowerBook 145. It had a whopping 4 MB of RAM
and an 80 MB hard drive. I loved that machine. I wrote many college papers on
it. I wrote short stories, the beginning of scripts, even poems on that thing.
It looked great in a coffeehouse. It made me look ultra-hip. I felt ultra-hip."

The complete stories are at:

<http://www.explode.com/>