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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Sorry, the discussion just brought back bad dreams….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<BR><BR><DIV align=left><P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy">Bill Lloyd</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy"><br/>
IT Manager</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR></P><IMG src="cid:6d83b18b-a67b-4871-bd5c-d4e17030dd9a"><BR><P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black">2567 Athens Hwy.<BR>Gainesville, GA 30507<BR>Phone: 770-417-1604<br/>
Cell: 404-379-6963</FONT></SPAN></P><P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy"><EM>blloyd@buskercom.com</EM></SPAN></FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This email and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential and proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are requested to delete this entire communication immediately. Emails cannot be guaranteed to be secure or free of errors or viruses. The sender does not accept any liability or responsibility for any problems that may result from emails you receive.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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discuss-bounces@itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces@itdiscuss.org] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Jeffrey Thompson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:32 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> IT Discussion Forum<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [itdiscuss] mac or PC?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Bill we were trying to forget the dark ages ... :P<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Sep 17, 2008, at 6:53 AM, <<a
href="mailto:blloyd@buskercom.com">blloyd@buskercom.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>10 years ago macs were only nightmares to those who were afraid
of them. =) </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Before the “dawn” of Win95<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><i>EVERYTHING</i><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>was easier on a mac, especially
networking. Easier translatated to less work and better overall
productivity for both the IT staff and users. <span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><i><u>It just worked</u></i>.
There were no 8.3 file name limits, you didn’t have to come up with
criptic names for network or printer shares, and you didn’t have to
assign letters to network drives. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>With PCs you had to do all kinds of weird stuff just to make
them work together. Do any of you remember NDIS drivers and getting them
to work? Do you remember how to load the “middleware” that
actually let you connect to a network server? Remember BANYAN VINES,
LANMAN, PATHWORKS, and NETWARE? Those were the days that an IT guy earned
his/her stripes. Take me back….please….take me back….</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>(By the way, I appologize ahead of time for any misspelled
words. I still can’t get the Office 2007 spell checker to work.)</span><span
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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:navy'>Bill
Lloyd</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
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<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>2567 Athens Hwy.<br>
Gainesville, GA 30507<br>
Phone: 770-417-1604<br>
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