If Macs are soooo easy then

[Don Rose]

At 01:22 PM 12/31/96 -0500, you wrote:

>A recent editorial on KYW newsradio puts it well I think.
>By KYW's Rich Levin
>
>"It's that time of the year when parents everywhere are thinking about
>giving that special someone a computer for the holidays. Many first-time
>computer buyers have a natural attraction to the Apple Macintosh, but are
>afraid a commitment to the Mac will leave them out in the cold.
>
>Some facts: Over 60% of Internet Web sites are created and run on a
>Macintosh. More K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and scientific
>institutions use Macs than any other platform. And nearly every magazine,
>advertisement, and multimedia title is created on a Macintosh. Even
>Microsoft uses Macs for some of their publishing and multimedia content.
>
>This is not to say that a Windows PC is a bad thing -- it's not -- but Macs
>remain the easiest, most reliable, most productive computers available
>today. You've heard the complaints from Windows users who can't get their
>PCs to work right. When's the last time you heard a Mac user complain?
>Think about that before you buy."
>
>Another interesting blurb I picked up on a mailing list that clarifies the
>issue of the differences between ease of use that still exist between the
>Mac vs. Windows 95. (The Phaser IIPX is a color laser printer from
>Techtronics.)
>
>"Here is an actual email message from a mixed Mac/PC shop (a major
>software developer) listing the steps needed to use a new color printer.
>Save it for the next time someone says Windows is "just like a Mac!"
>Names have been changed to protect the guilty. Apply liberally to the
>infested area of your organization. :)"
>
>xxxxxxxxx
>
>From: xxxxxx xxxxxx
>Subject: Phaser on line
>To: xxxxxxxxxx
>
>The Phaser II PX is now on line and accessible from both the MAC and the
>PC. The Drivers are in Y:\AXXXX\DRIVER\PHASER. To use the printer do the
>following.
>
>MAC System 7
>
>1. Just select the printer in the Chooser and print.
>
>Windows
>
>1. Replace the Capture command for LPT3 in you startnet.bat file with the
>following. Capture l=3 q=PHASER_II s=VCSLIB a nob NT
>2. Reboot you computer
>3. Run startnet
>4. Start windows
>5. Double click on the Control Panel icon
>6. Double click on the Printers icon in the Control Panel dialog box
>7. Click on the Add Printers button.
>8. Select the Apple LaserWriter II NT/NTX PostScript Printer
>9. Double Click Install
>10. When the use current or new driver prompt comes up Click on Current
>11. Click the Configure button
>12. Select LPT3: for the printer port
>13. Click on the Setup button
>14. Click on the Add Printers button
>15. Type in the path Y:\ALDUS\DRIVERS\PHASER\WINDOWS in the path prompt.
>16. Select Tektronix Phaser II PX printer
>17. Click on the Add button to add the printer
>18. Click the Done button
>19. Click OK in the add printers dialog box
>20. Click OK in the configure dialog box
>21. Click Active in the Printers dialog box
>22. Click OK in the printers dialog box
>
>If you have any questions just drop me a note or go by my office.
>
>Thanks
>
>xxxxxxxxx
>
>We all have our preferences and tend to stay with what we initially feel
>comfortable with. I've been a Mac user for years but have recently added
>Windows 95 to my Mac PowerPC with SoftWindows to be able to demo some
>Windows music programs in our store.
>
>I applaud Robert Scotts efforts to develop a Windows based tuning program
>and I'm sure there's a good market for it and competition is good.
>
>Glenn Grafton
>Grafton Piano & Organ Co.
>
>
Then how come it took 3 months and over twenty hours for me to get my Mac
2300 on line. And it is slow slow slow when you type????


Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
"Tuner for the Centre of the Arts"
drose@dlcwest.com
3004 Grant Rd.
REGINA, SK
S4S 5G7
306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner