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To: Eric Yang who wrote (6628)	12/5/1997 5:56:00 PM
From: Lambo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

Slightly Off-Topic: VP Gore and Macs I thought some of you might be interested in this - it's a Washington Post article on Vice President Al Gore and his use of computers. As a long-time Mac user myself, I have to admit that I have heard his comments on the Mac time and time again.... ---------------------------------- In an e-mail message sent to this reporter, Gore said that in the mid-1980s, while serving as a congressman from Tennessee, he began using his computer to blip notes to friends. Around the same time, he purchased his first home computer: one of the original, clunky IBM PCs. Shortly after that, he bought the newly introduced Apple Macintosh computer -- and immediately fell in love with it. "I was a big Mac fan," he said. Gore upgraded through several Macintosh models, eventually to a laptop that would "dock" in a desktop unit. But last year, in what Gore calls "a sad story," he reluctantly switched over to PCs that run on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system. "I did it because of the problem in getting new software on a timely basis and the fact that some programs are not done for the Mac now," he said. "I still believe it's a superior format and I still prefer it. But for my purposes I've had to switch over, and I hate it." These days, Gore uses a souped-up Compaq Computer Corp. machine in his office, complete with 17-inch monitor, an integrated tuner that can display television programs in an on-screen window (he generally sets it on CNN) and a video camera (his aides say he's planning to start video conferencing). When he's on the road, he uses his ThinkPad 560, which, with its 166-megahertz Pentium microprocessor, is among the fastest laptops on the market today. At home, he's got another IBM ThinkPad. ---------------------------------- Here's the whole article.. search.washingtonpost.com Lambo