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[Carol]

Goddlefrood asked:
> Have /you/ used a Mac? If not, why do you hate them?

Carol responds:
I don't state that I hate something that I haven't tried. :-)  I was
forced to use a Mac laptop instead of my familiar PC desktop at the
job I had before I became a freelance copyeditor--that was one of the
reasons why I quit. The boss made me give up something I was
comfortable with and that worked for me for something that *he*
thought was superior! Part of the problem might have been that I was
not and still am not comfortable with laptops, even PC laptops.
Another thing that I didn't like was having to use the backspace key
to delete. I prefer having a choice, and I usually delete forward, not
backward. I don't like not having a right-click button on the mouse.
Also, I was used to Windows 98, where I could easily find all my files
and fix minor problems on my own. (I use XP now--I don't like Windows
Vista, either.) Probably familiarity has something to do with it. At
any rate, give me a PC desktop with Windows XP (and a decent Word
program--not 2002-2004!) and I'm happy.

I also tried to use a friend's Mac laptop when I was on vacation to
check my e-mail and the HPfGu posts. It felt awkward and unfamiliar,
and not just because it was somebody else's computer with a default
browser that I didn't like and none of my bookmarks. It was the Mac
itself that felt wrong and hard to use. Of course, the fact that any
Mac I've used was a laptop might have something to do with it, but
still, I want a real delete key and a mouse that I can right-click. I
don't remember any other specifics, just the general feeling that it
wasn't working for me, very much like Harry with the blackthorn wand.

Carol, who has also heard wonderful things about caviar, all disproved
by the experience of tasting the foul stuff