*** Hello, James,
I read your amusing column. You are almost 70 and apparently you have just learned:
1. A lot of computer/technical stuff *doesn't work*.
*** Yet all my friends told me that the Mac was a great machine, and user-friendly. Even my wife, even my sons. If they don't know the truth, who the hell will?
2. A lot of technical books *lie about it* or keep silent.
*** Or, don't know anything...
*** When a guy has all the credentials that Pogueman has, ((CLAIMS he has)) I had to try his (((MUCH worse-than-useless))) book. How was I supposed to know that he didn't know C_ _ P? And gave false instructions. And in this case, not just a “LOT of technical books.” ALL of them. If there had been one that told the truth, I'd have bought it.
*** That's okay, wait 'til you see how I NAIL Bill Gates and Microsoft next month. They are within 1 dB of being just as rotten, just as good at lying as Apple. Plus or minus 1 dB.
*** I already knew that Microsoft was pretty bad, which is why I jumped to Apple on the strength of their good "reputation". I never expected a Mac would crash ~ weekly and eat dozens of e-mail drafts and Outbox e-mails. How the hell am I supposed to know? Now everybody knows.
I am deeply *shocked*.
***Thanks for writing anyhow. Meanwhile, my ANALOG computers don't *lie* or refuse to work. / rap
best wishes
j.g. owen
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