On Feb 25, 2020, at 6:55 AM, hoplist <
hoplist@...> wrote:
In my Washington DC world you can generally sort government workers from private sector by their laptops. If it¡¯s a Mac, it's private sector. Yes, some government employees buy their own Macs, if they can afford one. Most of the time they cannot use these for work though, so they stay home.
And I would argue that this is a ringing endorsement of macOS and Apple products.
If you landed on our globe as an alien and your first experiences with American information technology were at a Social Security Office, an IRS Office (or telephone ¡°support,¡± and at an Apple Retail Store, which would you give favorable marks to before boarding your time-warp machine for your trip home?
I¡¯m not elitist (OK, maybe a little), but if success = marketshare, we¡¯d all be buying everything at Walmart. Not even Costco would have a chance.
(ducking)
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Jim Robertson
