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Article #1046Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
From: Steve Bakke
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 03:40
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 03:40
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In article <40oipr$257@sashimi.wwa.com> G, blackbob@sashimi.wwa.com writes: >But seriously, many people do not WANT color. If I had SVGA >hardware, I'd still use it in text mode 100% of the time (and >I would be completely wasting the money for the SVGA hardware). > >>But I'll let you buy a nice SVGA card for $100. And a basic monitor >>for $250. (13" 640 by 480) > Blah blah.... >My comments about the SVGA hardware apply to the CD-ROM. I DON'T >WANT IT! > It is obvious that you want a machine with hardly any of the features of 95% of the population. If that's the case, sure! Go ahead and buy one. You are arguing on price alone - forget that you don't get any features. So, you run Linux strictly in command-line mode? No X Windows? What do you use your computer for? Quit trying to argue that Macs are too expensive. You aren't even making relevant comparisons. Steve Bakke Computer Engineering University of Cincinnati
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!news.ultranet.com!usenet From: Steve Bakke <bakke@ultranet.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600 Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....??? Date: 15 Aug 1995 03:40:14 GMT Organization: University of Cincinnati Distribution: world Message-ID: <40p4uu$pjf@caesar.ultra.net> References: <stephenkDD9Ay3.H7D@netcom.com> <1995Aug14.170233.47582@cobra.uni.edu> <40ooq2$pm0@navajo.gate.net> <40or0h$15n6@navajo.gate.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: bearcats.ultranet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Nuntius 2.0.4_68K X-XXDate: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 03:53:48 GMT