🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sun, 21 Sep 1997 00:12:17 GMT, 123 <b.chan@utoronto.ca> wrote:

>_q_@geocities.com wrote:
>
>> I want to put up a list of what people on the internet say is the
>> biggest
>> advantage of their computer over that of the other computer,
>> specifically
>> Windows/DOS vs the MAC. Please don't say it's more software availlable
>> or
>> it's more popular.
>
>   Apple is original, Windoze is just a cheap rip-off. 

Windows 3.1 was. Windows 95 is still something of a rip-off, but adds
new functionality and UI design.

NT is in no way, shape or form a rip-off of the Macintosh. The
Macintosh still does not have PMT/PM/SMP.

>Macs have a nice user interface. 

"nice" is a completely subjective, relative term. I could argue NT
4.0's user interface is "nice."

>you can rename the hard drive!!! 

I can rename the hard drive on NT/95.

>When you stick in a floppy disk it appears on-screen. 

Yep.

>Macs have a menubar location where all the menubars go, unlike windoze, 
>which does not have a menubar when nothing is open. 

This newsgroup has exhausted *this* debate. I won't even contribute...

>Windoze can take up 200 mb on your hard disk 

NT takes about 170. 95 takes maybe 100 to 120.

>and a mac
>with system 7.6 and a ton of extensions just takes up 100 mb. 

Uhm...does the word ROM mean anything to you?

>Programs
>for Windoze takes up a lot more RAM than programs for mac. 

Arguable.

>I am using a
>really cool Mac to type this up. 

I'm using a really cool NT box to type this up. Hasn't crashed since I
bought it in January.

>And if you want something neat, try
>doing weird things in the control pannels (you'll see the programmers
>sense of humor).

Uhm....okay. Whatever that means.

Personally, I'd rather *not* do weird things in the Control Panels on
a Macintosh; In doing so, I'd ensure it crashing.

Anyway, getting back to what _q_@geocities.com had requested:

I'm using NT. The biggest advantage I see right now is the pre-emptive
multitasking and protected memory. I can launch applications while I'm
waiting for applications I've launched. I can pretty much count on the
machine never crashing. 
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