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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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hubbach@esus.cs.montana.edu (Jeff Hubbach) wrote:

>> 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.

When they rewrite everything for Rhapsody :-(

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

C:\ONGRTLNS.OS8

(from a Windows user...)

>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, 

In what way specifically? Do you include SGI and NT workstations?

>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.

??? 

it's here and now and called NT.
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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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