Putting that Mac vs PC thing back into its astronomical track

Hello,

Let's tackle a less loaded hehe and more astronomical topic.

What's the correlation between Mac and Apochromatic refractor ownership?
PC and Celestron 11? How many people do think their 6" apo outperforms 11"
SCTs? How many of them think $3000 of Mac outperform $1000 of PC hardware
and how does that correlate with fluorite zealots vs mirror fans?

I own both Mac and PCs and a small apo and a C11 - I'd rate myself
oecumenic. What about you?

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Pierre Vandevenne wrote:

What's the correlation between Mac and Apochromatic refractor ownership?
PC and Celestron 11? How many people do think their 6" apo outperforms 11"
SCTs? How many of them think $3000 of Mac outperform $1000 of PC hardware
and how does that correlate with fluorite zealots vs mirror fans?

I own both Mac and PCs and a small apo and a C11 - I'd rate myself
oecumenic. What about you?

I own about 70 computers (no, really), a mix of Macs, one PC running XP
(games), a couple running FreeBSD and the rest being c.1980 relics
(Apple ]['s, a couple of ICL One-Per-desks etc).

I also own a 10" Newt, a 5" acho and a 3" achro.

I guess you could call me 'undecided' :-)

Jim
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(Jim) wrote in
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I own about 70 computers (no, really)

Well, actually, that's also roughly my case, although I've never really
counted - I collect old stuff, and we've basically kept everything that was
used at the company.

Since you're a fellow collector/nutcase ;-) you deserve a link

http://macscan.securemac.com/

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Pierre Vandevenne wrote:

I own about 70 computers (no, really)

Well, actually, that's also roughly my case, although I've never really
counted - I collect old stuff, and we've basically kept everything that was
used at the company.

Since you're a fellow collector/nutcase

Oh, the latter, for sure - I picked up a NeXT slab last week :-)

;-) you deserve a link

http://macscan.securemac.com/

"Macintosh Spyware

Coming soon is a complete list of spyware for the Macintosh that
MacScan detects"

Hmmmmm.

Jim
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(Jim) wrote in
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Oh, the latter, for sure - I picked up a NeXT slab last week :-)

Lucky B, I want one!

Coming soon is a complete list of spyware for the Macintosh that
MacScan detects"

Hmmmmm.

Still, I am not making this up - and they do give a list actually -

http://capmac.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=187

Programs currently detected by MacScan:
TakeDown Suite
TextTrap
SuperSave
Peeping Tom
Mac Life Insurance
Invisible Oasis
Last Resort
KeyStroke
Keystroke Recorder
TypeSaver
TypeRecorder
Monitorer X

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Pierre Vandevenne wrote:
What's the correlation between Mac and Apochromatic refractor
ownership?
PC and Celestron 11? How many people do think their 6" apo
outperforms 11"
SCTs?

I wouldn't touch any of that with the proverbial 10 foot pole! ;-)

Peace,
Rod

On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 21:13:03 +0000 (UTC), Pierre Vandevenne
wrote:

Hello,

Let's tackle a less loaded hehe and more astronomical topic.

What's the correlation between Mac and Apochromatic refractor ownership?
PC and Celestron 11? How many people do think their 6" apo outperforms 11"
SCTs? How many of them think $3000 of Mac outperform $1000 of PC hardware
and how does that correlate with fluorite zealots vs mirror fans?

Lets just say that Goto was a Godsend for Mac owners.
-Rich

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RichA wrote:

Lets just say that Goto was a Godsend for Mac owners.
-Rich

Even as a Mac devotee, I did chuckle at that. Actually, given all the
complications and technical glitches involved, I'd say that GoTos are a
perfect match for DOS users! :-)

I find the combination of a simple dob and a Telrad to be more akin to
the zen-like experience of the original Mac than any noisy, whirring,
power hungry, cable-laden, arcanely structured Go-To ever was...

Point and click = point and view.

(Go-To owners please take no offense. I'm one, too.)

Back to the Mac, PC astro thread...

Still haven't upgraded to an OS X astro program; haven't sprung for
Starry Night yet, and an OS X version of Voyager is promised soon...
I'm spending most of my software astro time using Planetarium on a
Palm-- and hence neither Mac or PC. That's one way of rising above the
Mac-PC fray!

Larry Stedman
Vestal