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Article #41081Re: Something else you can't do on the Mac
From: Lawrence A. Deleski
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1990 15:39
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1990 15:39
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From article <818@edstip.EDS.COM>, by ohrnb@edstip.EDS.COM (Erik Ohrnberger):
> If you buy a Mac, all you'll ever run is Finder and System.
Oh? Read on.
> If you buy a PC compatible you have a choice, based on your needs:
> DOS, Unix, Xenix, Pick, PC-MOS and a whole host of others. If you needs
> change, you can change the OS to meet the new needs. If you have a Mac,
Ahem. Ok, if we can agree that Xenix and Unix are the same (well, almost),
and DOS is to the PC what the Finder is to the Mac, (I know, it's a
stretch), then you're dead wrong. First, who cares about Pick? And
PC-MOS, give me a break. I'd like to hear from ONE PC person running
PC-MOS.
The Mac runs the Finder, of course, and A/UX. So what's the problem?
>
> If I have a 386 PC clone, and need to get into Multi-User OS, I just by
> some memory, some disk, and some software. The Mac will never get to
> a multi-user level.
A/UX is indeed 'multi-user'. So what's the problem?
> The point is not that you can run multi-user OS on the PC. The point is that
> I have some alternatives, while I percieve none on the Mac side.
You're obviously unaware of the alternatives, that's all.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!lad! From: lad@lad.scs.com (Lawrence A. Deleski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Something else you can't do on the Mac Message-ID: <117@lad.scs.com> Date: 9 Jan 90 15:39:39 GMT References: <818@edstip.EDS.COM> Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc Organization: Silicon Compiler Systems / Warren, NJ Lines: 38