Posted by Fred Liken on 04/27/06 20:33

"Gene E. Bloch" <spamfree@nobody.invalid> wrote in message
news:mn.da757d6453a13911.1980@nobody.invalid...

>>>> They don't want you to be. If you're equipped, then they can't charge
>>>> you to fix your sad Mac.
>>>>
>>>> Macs are for sheep.
>>>
>>> OK, I've been trying to figure out how this relates to my post, but so
>>> far without success.
>>>
>>> I think I managed to parse it, though.
>>
>> Oh, don't worry. I fear it's the least of your challenges for the day.
>>
>> COURAGE
>> pass it on.
>
> Actually, no offense intended, but it was one of the worst-written
> sentences that I had to parse that day.

Which sentence was poorly written?

In response to you saying you weren't equipped to fix a Mac, I respond...

"They don't want you to be."
"If you're equipped, then they can't charge you to fix your sad Mac."
"Macs are for sheep."

None of those sentences are poorly written. All three are proper sentences.
Maybe, just maybe, you aren't real great at parsing English? Perhaps they
were just too complicated for you or you don't understand the words in the
sentences? That's more likely, since you can used any linguistic syntax
system you want and those sentences parse.

> And I still don't know how it relates to the fact that, since I don't know
> Mac S/W and systems, I can't help my friends who have Macs.

Because you are obviously not able to comprehend the sentences. I'll give
you the benefit of the doubt and give it another go...

You can't help your friends, because Apple doesn't want you to be able to do
so. They want to keep it so you can't fix your sad Mac
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_Mac) without paying someone to do it.
Hence, Macs are for sheep.

"Oh, they are so much more user friendly" was a common statement, which was
complete rubbish post Windows 95. Post people who said that did little
actual work with the Macs and never supported the Macs. What difference did
it make that they were magnitudes more difficult to maintain? These weren't
real computer owners. They ran to the service center whenever there was a
problem, and there were plenty of them.

Macs are for sheep is even more evident the last, what, five years where the
Mac was completely inferior to even an eMachine. They're no more superior
to an eMachine than a pair of RL Jeans is superior than a pair of Dickies.

Just take the latest Mac, load Adobe on it and see if it can beat a same
priced Dell, or something.

Hint... it won't even get close.

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