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"The guy points out to you, directly, that OSX wouldn't work on his machine. You didn't even dispute that contention."
Actually, he said it did work, just slowly.
"Your solution was, apparently, that he should have stopped using his computer entirely for what? A year? Until Apple fixed OSX so it would be adequate for his machine?"
Um, no. My solution was that he continue to use OS 9.1 and software that worked with that (like I did). I said that pretty clearly. Vendors continued to upgrade their software for OS 9 long after OS X came out.
"admitting that there's ever been even the slightest flaw in Mac software is plenty enough to get you kicked out of the tribe."
Uh-oh, I think I just said the first versions of OS X were slow and clunky. Tribe? Am I kicked out?