[iBook] <OT> CompUSA

[Mike Cole]

I didn't find my ibook to be any easier to configure for internet access 
than any other computer whether they be a pc or Mac.  Considering TCP/IP is 
a standard across all platforms for internet access, it would be silly to 
claim one is easier than the other.  There is no computer on the planet that 
knows what your network structure is out of the box.  DHCP is the only way 
any computer could seem like it "automatically sets you up on the internet 
out of the box"

For what it's worth, you could take a *gasp* Windows 95 machine configured 
for DHCP, and it will be connected to the internet automatically assuming 
you run DHCP.  I find the "i" marketing thing to be misleading.  If it does 
represent ease and superiority of internet experience, I must say it's false 
advertising.  They were and are no easier to setup for internet access than 
any of their competitors.


 - but what does the "i" in all of
>> this stand for? Ever since the iMac came out, I never knew what the  heck 
>> it was short for... I've usually had Power Macs, etc. and not  an "i" 
>> product.
>
>     Starting with the original iMac, the "i" was for "Internet,"  since 
> the iMacs were supposedly the easiest and quickest computers to  get you 
> connected to the Internet.
>
> Gary