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My Least Favorite Mac of All Time

This is a harder question.  If the Blue and White G3 was my favorite (based on that feeling you get when you open the box and begin using it over the next days and months), which was my least favorite? Here is the complete catalogue of Mac's I've owned & were my primary home computer (5 stars is best, 1 star is least favorite: Original 128 K Macintosh (I later did a dyi upgrade to 512k) **** Mac Plus ****1/2 SE 30**** Mac IIcx** (noisy) PowerMac 7200 AV (with the monitor with stereo speakers)** PowerMac 7500*** Blue & White G3 tower***** G4 TiBook 550 Mhz (still have it and we use it)*** Dual 1.25 G4 Mirror Door June 2003 "wind tunnel" model * (one star) G5 dual 2.3 Ghz tower (late 2005) purchased used when mirror door died*** iMac 27" 3.4 core i7**** And the looser is:   the dual G4 1.25 Mirror Door.  It was actually a bit faster than the new single 1.8 G5, and much cheaper, but man was it loud, loud, loud!  It sat under my desk for six ye

My Favorite Mac of All Time

There have been so many! I bought my first Mac, the original 128k Macintosh, in October 1984. I was in graduate school in Dallas, and had not even heard of a Macintosh.   One Saturday we walked into a Dillard's where I had tried some PC compatibles before. Yes, they sold computers back then at Dillard's in the Town East Mall.  As I made my way past the glass counter, the type that usually hold watches or cologne, there on top, by itself, sat a strange, small beige box with a mouse next to it. I noticed the Apple logo and "Macintosh" and asked the clerk what in the world it was.  He said it was a new type of computer that uses a mouse, and he reached across from behind the counter and moved it a bit. As I peered at that original Mac screen, black on white and WYSIWYG with crisp square pixels one word popped into my mind:  "Crystalline!"  Other computers were fuzzy green blocky letters on a black screen that looked nothing like what printed out. It was

Mormonism Is Not Classic Christianity

The recent remarks of Dallas-area pastor Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Church Dallas, have ignited widespread criticism--primarily because they were directed towards a prominent political candidate, Mitt Romney, who is a Mormon. Jeffress labeled Mormonism a "cult," which is hardly new.  In fact, not calling Mormonism a cult is what is relatively new.  From it's inception in the 19th Century in New York State, until the 1980s, Mormons themselves were quick to point out that they are not part of Christianity and distanced themselves from the church.  Around that time, however, the Mormons began an aggressive PR campaign to try to show common ground such as "family values" and so forth.  We've all seen the slick TV ads that tell a heart warming story then ended with "brought to you by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints." Quick survey of key doctrinal differences: Classic Christianity:  One God in three Persons: Fat