Re: My PC just broke down.... :(

In article <9is2g1th7nufiq8ufgj1mu0ggs9t7rrpds@xxxxxxx>,
foo <foo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:36:51 -0600, Steve Carroll
> <fretwizz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >In article <tcf2g15bp4caf8rpahsvv85fpkfpnlu78s@xxxxxxx>,
> > foo <foo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:58:32 +0100, RichardK
> >> <atari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Nasht0n wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Funny how being clueless, they still proclaim from the very top of
> >> >> their
> >> >> lungs, that the MacOS is far superior.
> >> >>
> >> >> MacOS has a command that I have used many times after the system would
> >> >> hang after a reboot or boot. It's fsck -f.
> >> >
> >> >Christ, really? I've never had to use that, ever. No, wait - I've used
> >> >it once, on the complete lemon 12" PowerBook that had such immense
> >> >hardware problems, Apple took it back and gave me a new, better one.
> >> >
> >> >Aside from that, I've genuinely never used it on a hardware healthy Mac.
> >>
> >> And most people with XP have never used or heard of recovery console.
> >
> >
> >Shhh... don't tell Josh or Mayor.
>
> We're talking about the average user vs. a Unix admin - I'm seriously
> all but shocked that Sandman couldn't figure all of that out by
> himself. I agree with Josh's posts concerning his reasoning for
> posting here. While it certainly is in the spirit of csma, he really
> didn't try to fix the problem himself.

All this aside, Sandman's point was a valid one. What anyone thinks of
his reason for posting isn't relevant. The Windows crowd appear to be
arguing that one need have the experience of an admin... this is a good
advocacy point for OSX for the 'average' user.
.

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