----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT: Refurbished Dell Computers,
> I too work in a newsroom full of Macs and it is rare that they break down. > These things are being pushed to the limits and 9 times out of ten when they > are not working it's because the operator has done something, not the > Macs.... It's probably the same thing with PCs accept that it is a lot easier > to screw up a PC's operating system than a Mac. I don't think the hardware is > inherently any better, it's the software and the operating system that makes > Mac's appear more reliable. My computer guy sez that component quality is all over the place with PC, and bad drivers are rampant. Put good equipment together, and make sure that all the components like each other, drivers don't interfere with each other, and PC's are fine. Mac owners have an easier time because it is all propriety equipment, and there isn't as much varietey of software out there to give each other headaches. My first PC was a well built PII 266, and it would run for weeks with no problems. My second one was a badly built PC, and it showed, sometimes crashing for no other reason than running two programs that hated each other. William Robb
