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In article <342447c5.25322843@news.indra.com>, tjv@no.spam.com (Tom Vilot)
wrote:

> 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. 
> 

I agree, Microsoft did borrow some things from the Mac OS for Windows, but
it goes both ways. Look at OS 8's contextural menus.

> 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.

Rhapsody will fix all of this.

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

I agree, but I could also argue that the UNIX command-line is "nice". It's
all personal preference and what you have to do. UNIX has some powerful
features, but you have to know what you're doing, just like NT

> 
> >you can rename the hard drive!!! 

I can move files without worrying about the creator program being "lost"
on a mac. Try that on a Wintel box.


> 
> >Windoze can take up 200 mb on your hard disk 
> 
> NT takes about 170. 95 takes maybe 100 to 120.

NT also takes about 64 megs of RAM (true, you can run it on 32, but I wouldn't)

> 
> >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.

My Mac hasn't crashed since OS 8 came out.


I'm running a power mac with OS 8, and I love it. I do, however, have a PC
compatibility card because all of the programs I write for class (CS
major) must run on a windows box. The graphics capabilities of a Mac are
unsurpassed, and will be for a long time to come, with the Mach 5
processor and 750 processor coming out, but as CHRP comes out, we realize
that compatibility is a very major issue. I have no problem at all dialing
in to my school (running a UNIX server) and doing my work on a mac. I hate
to say it, but as I learn more at college, I like the power I get on a
UNIX box. You get the same kind of functionality on DOS, but not on Win95.
I hate when I have to restart Windows in DOS mode so I can correct
something that I couldn't running on top of Windows. I'm looking forward
to seeing what Microsoft will do with Windows 2000, if they'll actually
take the leap and make it totally WYSIWYG, not this make-me-up stuff
running on top of DOS.

Personally, I like Macintosh because of the user interface, ease of use,
and ease of connecting new hardware. Also, 98% of the software for macs
have a common user interface because of the programming toolkit that is
built into every mac on the planet.

Anyway, that's my opinion, from both sides.