[Info-vax] Happy 25th birthday Macintosh !

[Richard B. Gilbert]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <6u5vg7Fd48vbU3 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>> In article <mailman.4.1232931336.16357.info-vax_rbnsn.com at rbnsn.com>,
>> 	bradhamilton <bradhamilton at comcast.net> writes:
>>> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>> A few people seemed to really love the Mac; mostly graphic arts types.
>>> Musicians as well.  I remember meeting a teenager in the late '80s, who 
>>> was a fine percussionist (he went on to play for the Tuscon Symphony 
>>> years later).  He also had a love for composition, which he accomplished 
>>> with a Mac and a MIDI interface.  I can't say I liked his compositions 
>>> as well as his percussion performance, but I was extremely impressed at 
>>> the capabilities of the Mac - in that narrow sphere.  
>> And I went to Usenix Summer 1991 in Nashville and saw a number of
>> demos of computers and music, including some really slick MIDI and
>> there was not a MAC in site. There was even music tracks on the CD
>> we got with a few really cool examples of computer music.
> 
> I have quite a few ties in the music biz.  The Mac (Powerbooks and MacBooks)
> are almost the defacto standard in the live performance where MIDI and other
> electronic/computer control is used.  I make it a habit of snapping a photo
> or two of the Macs whenever I shoot a gig.  In fact, I can't remember any of
> the gigs I've shot in recent memory where there was anything used other than
> a Mac.  The music tools are just that much better from the musician's stand-
> point on OS X.  They are musicians first and foremost, and most of them that
> I know are NOT very computer savvy.
> 
> I use my Powerbook for MIDI control, music and video editing, and broadcasts
> of live events to the radio station.  I would NEVER think of using WEENDOZE.
> 
> I did photograph one live event in the UK and the keyboard player used WEEN-
> DOZE.  In the middle of a live performance, the BSoD appeared and the keys
> all went silent.  Guess what he's running on today. ;)
> 

I read somewhere, perhaps here, that Bill Gates got a "BSoD" in public! 
  He then issued some orders to "clean up" Windows!   This happened 
quite a while ago.  W2K worked pretty well and W/XP is really good; I 
don't think I have EVER gotten the BSoD on it.

Window 3.x, W/95 and W/98 all had serious problems but W/95 was better 
than 3.x and W/98 was better than W/95.

I'm running W/XP SP2 and have been for several years.  It does what I 
want and does so with remarkably few problems.