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From: ra_bt@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: What makes the Macintosh different
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Date: 23 Aug 89 13:34:30 GMT
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In article <720@pmafire.UUCP>, geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) writes...
> 
>This and a mini-discussion of Apple's fondness for "desktop everything,"
>stirs up a little peeve I have with Apple's advertising.
> 
>I recently got the "Apple D*top Media" video.  My thought after seeing
>it was, "so what."  Are we supposed to think that you can't use one of
>those (shudder) IBM thingies to scan in a sketch, do some CAD, and make
>some overheads?  Come on, get realistic!  I don't recall one of the
>technologies featured in the video that couldn't be done on a PC.  Why
>does Apple advertise like this?  They should emphasize what makes the
>Macintosh different.

..along those lines,  at the first Apple "Technology Extravaganza" at
the MacWorld Expo,  a video was shown about mouse technology, and various
jabs were made at IBM's PS/2 mice.  The "clincher" was at the end of the
video, when the PS/2 mouse was flipped over, and it clearly read
"Made In Japan"  A bunch of people in the auditorium got a hearty chuckle.
C'mon Apple, "Made In Japan" is a reason why IBM mice aren't as good?
I flip over my Mac IIx mouse right here and it reads "Made In Taiwan"

*** flame off ***
				Bill Tsang
				ra_bt@gsbacd.uchicago.edu