Re: mr on Apple web site

Well .... some of us PC afficianados hate Macs just as much - personally I
have hated them since they first made it difficult to access their DOS and
write programs in any language (especially for accessing/controlling lab
apparatus) - back in the '70's when there were several different options -
not just PC's.	I am glad that the "PC" became a standard (there were too
many diferent systems) and that IBM did not hang on to it the way Apple kept
the Mac in house (you get more for your money with a PC because many
different people make them).  You don't often get PC people knocking Macs
the way that the Mac people knock PCs - there seems to be a lot of Microsoft
paranoia.  In my opinion PCs are much more common and versatile in labs than
Macs - especially outside the USA - and will eventually become the standard
for interfacing with lab equipment..... and they can "look cool" if you shop
around for the right case if that's important to you.
Robin Barclay

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beverly Barton" <bartonbe@UMDNJ.EDU>
To: cyto-inbox
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: mr on Apple web site


> Paul:
>
> I use Macs exclusively.  Between home and labs, I have 7.
> I hate Windows (I tell everyone, I don't do Windows).
> Macs are what Windows wishes it could do.  OS X is rock-solid,
> especially Jaguar (OS 10.3).
> BD guys-get with it and release CellQuest Pro for OS X!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Oh, and Macs are way more photogenic.  They look especially cool next
> to your flow cytometer.  I just bought a new dual-boot G4 with
> flat-panel display for my flow.
> Beverly
>
>
> Beverly E. Barton, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Surgery/Division of Urology
> UMDNJ-NJMS  MSB G519
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> On Aug 20, 2004, at 2:25 PM, J. Paul Robinson wrote:
>
> > ummm....Mario says..
> > "In life sciences — particularly in research life sciences —
> > probably 50 to 70% of research laboratories used
> > Macs"....while I have a passionate dislike for Windows......is
> > this really true ??? or is the key word there "used"?? (Ok...I
> > have put on my helmet and armor....waiting...)
> > paul
> >
> >
> >> For all of the mr groupies out there in cytometry cyberspace. Don't
> >> wet your
> >> pocket protectors over this.
> >>
> >> Honestly though, well deserved praise for Mario & the Tree Star group:
> >> http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/roederer
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