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Re: ibm-compadible vs the Mac

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From: davexl
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 00:00
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tjv@no.spam.com (Tom Vilot) wrote:


>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. 

And you can count on some Mac users either not believing this or not
realising how valuable it is. Wait till Rhapsody finally ships and
they start raving about performance and stability. NT users will just
smile. 
Unix users will say "they just got that?!!"
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From: davexl@ozramp.net.au.despam-me! (davexl)
Subject: Re: ibm-compadible vs the Mac
Date: 1997/09/22
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