If Macs are soooo easy then

[Barb Barasa]

Larry,

The original message posted was about installing a new printer, not
software, and from the instructions it was clear the PC was also on a
network, which always complicates things significantly.  No one
should take this as a sign that IBM computers are inherently more
difficult to use ... the two are just different.  And Mac users will
argue till the cows come home that the Mac is the more intuitive
system.  It is more user-friendly for non-techie users, as is
Windows.

I, too, am a born and bred IBM/DOS user, and I agree that the Mac
environment is confusing to those of us who want drives and
directories.  Try Win95, which emmulates the Mac even more than Win
3.1, and you will REALLY be confused!

Barb Barasa
Ashland, OR

>As for file installations on IBM, if the software
> writer has done his job to make his program user-friendly, it usually
> requires three steps:
>                 1) click on File in the Program Manager
>                 2) click on Run in the produced menu
>                 3) type a:install
> and everything is done for you.  I'm sorry if this is somewhat rambly, but I
> have found that any software that is difficult to set up is usually the
> fault of the software, and not the machine.  Even with my older machine, I
> have not yet encountered anything unusually difficult to set up.  So for any
> piano technicians thinking of purchasing a Mac or IBM, don't base your
> decision completely on the installation of the Phaser IIPX software.
>
> Larry Beach
> Associate PT
> Vancouver BC
> Canada
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