[1919] in Humor
HUMOR: Mac vs. PC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Fri Feb 28 12:38:19 1997
From: <abennett@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 12:27:46 EST
I'd be happy to post some PC vs. Mac stuff, if anyone can think of any.. ;)
-Drew
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 23:01:57 -0800
From: Connie Kleinjans <connie@interserve.com>
"Imitation is the sincerest form of Microsoft."
Houston Chronicle classified ad:
"1 month old 486 DX33, color monitor & printer, full tower,
phone fax modem, much more. $1,800. Too stupid to use,
bought Macintosh."
"Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac
user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?"
* Tom Clancy
"An ancient eastern proverb says: I complained because
I had no shoes; then I met a man who had no feet. For the
90's: I complained because I had no PowerMac; then I met a
man who used Windows."
* Cloyce Sutton
"The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
* Samuel Clemens [Mark Twain] c.1900
* Apple Computer [1984,1985,1986,1987,1988 ad nauseam]
IBM: "I'm Buying Macintosh"
Windows-(n): The Fisher Price version of the Macintosh OS.
http://www.apple.com/ ... How Microsoft finds where
they want to go today.
Customer: "I'm running Windows '95."
Tech Support: "Yes."
Customer: "My computer isn't working now."
Tech Support: "Yes, you said that."
"Who needs horror movies when we have Microsoft"?
* Christine Comaford, PC Week, 27/9/95
Excerpt from new OSHA regulation on computer systems:
"... if said motherboard has installed an Intel
central processing unit, there will be affixed to
the case, in a prominent location, the warning
label: 'Intel Inside.'"
