[MACEP] Mac Mini

[Mike Ely]

Ouch.  Next time, I promise to more-clearly set the sarcasm bit on the
headers of my email. =]

Mike

On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 14:55 -0800, Aaron Blew wrote:
> This is the attitude that drives people _AWAY_ from Macs.  Want more
> people to embrace your platform?  Write an informative, helpful and
> positive e-mail like Richard Adams did.
> 
> That said, my next home computer will probably be a Mac, but certainly
> not for the unpretentiousness of some of their user base.
> 
> -Aaron
> 
> ---
> Aaron Blew
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> Jackson County School District #6
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> aaron.blew at district6.org
>  
> "We want to create puppets that pull their own strings."
> -- Ann Marion
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: macep-bounces at macep.net [mailto:macep-bounces at macep.net] On Behalf
> Of Mike Ely
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 1:09 PM
> To: A discussion list "for educators interested in integrating
> technology into teaching.
> Subject: RE: [MACEP] Mac Mini
> 
> On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 13:02 -0800, Richardson, Jim wrote:
> > Why is it that folks seem to need to "sell" Macs as the best solution
> ?
> Not being the original poster, I can't comment on his motivation, but I
> will say that after a few years of working in a heterogeneous network,
> the Mac really >is< the best solution in almost every case, for reasons
> I don't begin to have time to go into right now.  I will say this,
> however: any decision-maker insisting upon running a windows-only shop
> is really being short-sighted IMO.  Not saying if you're stuck in such a
> place that it's your fault, though. 
> > 
> >  Can't we all just get along ? ;^)
> Of course we can - just get a Mac :-P
> 
> Mike
> 
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