The argument that the Mac is a foreign machine is one thatt I have a hard
time stomaching. It is the most inuitive, easiest to use, and every bit as
powerful as any Pentium machine I have used, plus it can divide, (sorry
about the cheap shot!!) If it is such a poor deign, why is the biggest
platform launch of all time trying so hard to copy it ( and doing a poor
job of it too). Is Bill Gates an idiot? Obviously he see's some inherent
worth in the graphical interface and the usefulness of drag and drop
technology. Not all people WANT to learn archaic keyboard commands, they
would rather spend their time being PRODUCTIVE with a platform than all of
it learning to USE a platform. I see this as a big reason for Apple being
successful in the education market. Besides, why teach a platform (DOS)
that is not going to be supported in the future. That leaves the argument
to then teach Windows 95. And if you can do 95 or a Mac, then you can
easily bounce to the other platform. They aren't that much different,
except 95 is less intuitive and more cumbersome.
Jeff Greiner
K-12 Technology Coordinator
Hampton-Dumont CSD
Hampton, IA
http://www.netins.net/showcase/macintosh Macintosh Educators Page
email: greiner@netins.net
To think one has learned enough is dooming oneself to operating in the
past...