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Pariah wrote:

Sometimes I have to really wonder about the PC stories I see Mac users report here. While I way prefer to use a Mac to a PC I can't say I have ever had anywhere near the problems I see people complaining about here with Windows.
I used Win2K almost exclusively for 2 years and I had lots of complaints about its UI and general way of doing things that pissed me off but besides that it was a sound, reliable OS. I could do what I needed to do, just enjoyed it less than if I had had a Mac.
I think most of the Windows problems brought up here are of the PEBKBAC variaty.

I agree, I use an xp when I have to, and it's noticeably harder to use, but works ok. However, the hardware in that computer is far better than my iBook. I was just pointing out that with nearly identical hardware, the mac runs better

Pariah wrote:

Sometimes I have to really wonder about the PC stories I see Mac users report here. While I way prefer to use a Mac to a PC I can't say I have ever had anywhere near the problems I see people complaining about here with Windows.
I used Win2K almost exclusively for 2 years and I had lots of complaints about its UI and general way of doing things that pissed me off but besides that it was a sound, reliable OS. I could do what I needed to do, just enjoyed it less than if I had had a Mac.
I think most of the Windows problems brought up here are of the PEBKBAC variaty.

Most PCs I have seen under the care of a professional IT dept are fine, and most of the ones I have seen with problems were in home use.  Call that PEBKBAC if you want, but it seems to me that MS has developed a system that is not intuitive and simple enough to maintain for the typical home user.  Put it another way - I have engineering applications that you probably can't understand without an engineering degree.  If I sit a non-engineer down in front of such an app, and they can't make it work, it must be PEBKBAC.  That is why PEBKBAC is a flimsy cop-out.

Macskeeball wrote:

PEBKBAC = Problem exists between keyboard between and chair?

Never base your spelling of something on what Pariah wrote, Czachorski. With all due respect, he's the king of spelling errors.

Problem=P
Exists=E
Between=B
KeyBoard=KB (KB commonly used to denote Keyboard)
And=A
Chair=C

Pariah wrote:

Macskeeball wrote:

PEBKBAC = Problem exists between keyboard between and chair?

Never base your spelling of something on what Pariah wrote, Czachorski. With all due respect, he's the king of spelling errors.

Problem=P
Exists=E
Between=B
KeyBoard=KB (KB commonly used to denote Keyboard)
And=A
Chair=C

An acronym contains one letter for each word, period. "Keyboard" is one word, not two, and should be treated as such.

Google fight:
A search for PEBKBAC yields 3 results; a search for PEBKAC yields 159,000.

hal9k wrote:

But how do you know if it means keyboard vs key?

If you know what that expression is supposed to stand for, you know it means keyboard and you wonder why the person made that typo. If you don't know what that acronym is supposed to stand for, the whole thing is gibberish to you anyway.