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Article #45154Re: Something else you can't do on
From: gillies
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1990 17:39
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1990 17:39
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/* Written 9:13 am Jan 8, 1990 by ohrnb@edstip.EDS.COM in p.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.mac */ > Look at it this way: > If you buy a Mac, all you'll ever run is Finder and System. > 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. Finder, Multifinder, A/UX, Minix (in a few months), Smalltalk-80 from Parcplace (too large to run on 1Mb machines Peecess, but runs on ALL macintoshes), MacApp, TI Explorer environment, etc... Conclusion: The environments for the macintoshes are much richer and much more diverse. The PC environments are all clones of each other, just like the PC itself.
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