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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 713931" data-attributes="member: 24098">When I was in college, our computer labs were divided - half the room with Windows 95 IBM PCs and the other half with Macs (one of the Performa models).&nbsp; Now granted, neither set of machines was what one would consider to be state-of-the-art at the time (this would have been circa 1995-1999), but there used to be a LINE, waiting for the Windows 95 machines, while the Macs were completely unoccupied.Now, some of that might just be due to the fact that people were a lot more familiar with PCs, even at the time - so I often just jumped on one of the Macs.&nbsp; I can remember waiting 5 minutes + just for the thing to boot up, as it loaded countless extensions (the little puzzle pieces would build, just below the Mac OS 8 splash screen).&nbsp; Once it was up and running, it wasn't so bad - but it wasn't nearly as fast as those Pentium 75mhz machines (believe it or not).Either way, I didn't even look at a Mac until many years later - probably around 2003, when a bunch of the IT management staff at my company were sitting around with PowerBooks at an off-site budget meeting.&nbsp; I couldn't believe my eyes, and I remember asking those guys &quot;why?&quot;.&nbsp; Their reply:&nbsp; &quot;After babysitting 400+ Windows servers all day long, I just want my machine to work - and this thing is great, it really does 'just work' &quot;.So, although this is nothing more than anecdotal, I can tell you that this is what sparked my interest in Macs again, much later on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 713931, member: 24098"] When I was in college, our computer labs were divided - half the room with Windows 95 IBM PCs and the other half with Macs (one of the Performa models). Now granted, neither set of machines was what one would consider to be state-of-the-art at the time (this would have been circa 1995-1999), but there used to be a LINE, waiting for the Windows 95 machines, while the Macs were completely unoccupied. Now, some of that might just be due to the fact that people were a lot more familiar with PCs, even at the time - so I often just jumped on one of the Macs. I can remember waiting 5 minutes + just for the thing to boot up, as it loaded countless extensions (the little puzzle pieces would build, just below the Mac OS 8 splash screen). Once it was up and running, it wasn't so bad - but it wasn't nearly as fast as those Pentium 75mhz machines (believe it or not). Either way, I didn't even look at a Mac until many years later - probably around 2003, when a bunch of the IT management staff at my company were sitting around with PowerBooks at an off-site budget meeting. I couldn't believe my eyes, and I remember asking those guys "why?". Their reply: "After babysitting 400+ Windows servers all day long, I just want my machine to work - and this thing is great, it really does 'just work' ". So, although this is nothing more than anecdotal, I can tell you that this is what sparked my interest in Macs again, much later on. [/QUOTE]

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