[Am-info] New Apple store near Beantown

[Eric Bennett]

Erick Andrews wrote:

> To be sure, application software like M$ Office and "Lookout Express"
> are being shoved down the throats of new Mac buyers, but correct me if
> I've forgotten, there are other Mac choices for these apps, too.  Less and less
> now of an ideal choice, but no worse than IBM's half hearted support of
> my preferred OS:  Warp.

MS Office is not shoved down the throats of new Mac buyers, at least not
any more than it is shoved down anyone else's throats (in the sense that
you have document exchange problems with the rest of the world if you don't
give in and buy it).

In terms of what Apple offers packaged, Apple is less guilty than most PC
makers of shoving Office down your throat, since unlike many PC
manufacturers you aren't forced to buy Office with a Mac and, in fact,
iMacs and iBooks are shipped with AppleWorks preloaded.  As for mail, the
default on OS X installations seems to be Apple's own mail program,
although I am sticking with Eudora myself.

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