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Article #10357Re: Windows 3.0: Coming of age
From: Michael J Kobb
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1990 07:24
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1990 07:24
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In article <M1TDG00.90Jan23134505@fsrcs1.fed.frb.gov> m1tdg00@fsrcs1.fed.frb.gov (Taegan D. Goddard) writes: > >Just like I've always said... The PC systems let you choose: > > Windows or A:\> ....? > >With version 3 of Windows out, there will soon be little reason to use a >Macintosh (with its inflated price.) Grrr..... Just about any machine can try to look like a Macintosh. Some of them do it better than others. You can use X Windows on a VAX if you want to look like a Mac. One salient point, though: the Mac's goodies are in ROM. ROM is fast. ROM is consistent. ROM doesn't eat up RAM. My MicroVax pulls ~1.2Mb of code across the net to start X Windows. The Mac goes "bing". The point is this: The Mac was designed to be friendly. The IBM wasn't. If you want an unfriendly machine consuming gobs of memory and processor horsepower to look friendly, then be my guest. --Mike Disclaimer: I think that disclaimers are an incredibly sad statement about our society. Nonetheless, nothing that I say can or should be construed as having been said by anyone. Ever.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!mit-amt!mjkobb From: mjkobb@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Windows 3.0: Coming of age Summary: Grrr.... Message-ID: <1472@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> Date: 24 Jan 90 07:24:25 GMT References: <10601@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <M1TDG00.90Jan23134505@fsrcs1.fed.frb.gov> Reply-To: mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) Distribution: usa Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA Lines: 26