<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Definitely the Mac...they just don't make them like they used to.</div><div><br></div><div>The old compact Macs had character. Anyone who has ever used one knows just how personal the computing experience feels with one of these little guys.</div><div><br></div><div>Today's Macs might be powerful and offer a lot of nice features but they just don't have the personality of the old Macs, especially in terms of design. The current iMac just looks like a big panel...it might look elegant but it has no charm whatsoever.</div><div><br></div><div>The user interface is also missing its sense of friendliness on current Macs. No happy Macs, no "Welcome to Macintosh", not even apologies when system errors occur.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope Apple makes a 25th Anniversary Mac that looks like a compact (even if it's a flatter version) and considers bringing back the sense of friendliness!!!</div><div><br></div><div>As for Steve, he needs to stick with the black mock turtleneck...</div><div><br></div><div>Scott</div><br><div><div>On Dec 7, 2008, at 5:56 PM, William James wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Do you mean the Mac, or Steve??<div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 7, 2008, at 5:47 PM, Anomie wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> He looks kinda cute to me.... I would give him a 2nd look, even if he looked like that now.....<div>Post a pix of you in the 80s.......</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 7, 2008, at 5:19 PM, R_Adams wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; ">remember the 80's?</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br></div><a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/busted-steve-jobs-caught-looking-like-a-dork">http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/busted-steve-jobs-caught-looking-like-a-dork</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">NPMUG mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:NPMUG@davesevick.com">NPMUG@davesevick.com</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug">http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug</a></div> </blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Laurie Anderson, Language Is A Virus</font></div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Anomie</div><div><br></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>NPMUG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NPMUG@davesevick.com">NPMUG@davesevick.com</a><br><a href="http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug">http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug</a><br></blockquote></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>NPMUG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NPMUG@davesevick.com">NPMUG@davesevick.com</a><br>http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug<br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>