[iBook] <OT> CompUSA

[Tom Legare]

When you have a perfect plug n' play Internet connection, even with wireless, I tend to agree with you.  But once you start troubleshooting Windows connections you get into some very messy problems involving drivers, process loading errors, unremoved virus leftovers, firewall settings, etc that can take a very experienced person many hours to debug.  I'll take the Macs thank you very much.

Tom

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> 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. 
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