[geeks] Re: Help me convert a computer illiterate to an iMac!

[Gavin Hubbard]

> On Monday, January 6, 2003, at 07:41 PM, Gavin Hubbard wrote:
> > No I'm not kidding. After looking at my mothers 
> > experience/requirements, I decided that a locally assembled Athlon 
> > system with WinXP was the best solution for her.
> >
> > Apart from a minor hiccup with a cheap USB hub (the system won't shut 
> > down if it is left on!?) the system has been running like a dream for 
> > the last year.
> 
>    I have never heard of XP (or any release of Windows for that matter) 
> referred to as a "dream".  A "nightmare" maybe, but never a "dream".
> 
>        -Dave

When I was a student I worked in a Mac based publishing company (System 7.5 and onwards). I've got some nightmare stories about Macs and their vaunted publishing apps (-:

Windows NT/2000/XP did a nice job in bringing modern OS essentials like memory management and task scheduling down to the consumer level (the architecture of WinNT is pretty solid - Dave Cutler et al).

Regards,

Gavin