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Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

#1689
From: Woodrow Shin
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 04:21
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Alan Lovejoy (lovejoya@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: In <41lq80$abo@nnrp1.primenet.com> english@primenet.com (Lawson
: English) writes: 
: >
: >Woodrow Shin (hunter@news.dorsai.org) wrote:
: >
: >: 	The Power Mac will never trounce the Pentium as long as Pentium 
: >: users enjoy a larger selection of software titles.  PC users will
: always 
: >: get first or equal dibs, on any software that comes out for the
: desktop.  
: >: And as long as PC users enjoy that first taste, they will always be 
: >: superior to Mac users.  For instance does the Power Mac trounce the 
: >: Pentium when running USNF?  Nope, because Power mac users don't have

: >: USNF.

: By this reasoning, CPM users have it all over WinDos users :-)

	I never heard of the acronym - CPM.  I assume it must not be 
mainstream.

: >
: >So how does Poser do on a Pentium?
: >
: >How's QuickDraw GX doing?
: >
: >How many multiple-language wordprocessors do you have?
: >
: >Etc?
: >
: >: Does that explain my point?
: >Hmmm? You were saying?

	Are you saying that the Power Mac, has a greater of selection of 
software for mainstream users then the Pentium?

: >Lawson English                            __  __     ____  ___       
: >english@primenet.com                     /__)/__) / / / / /_  /\  / /_

: Empires rise, empires fall.  It's a natural process.  The question
: isn't whether WinDos will be supplanted by a worthy successor.  It's
: when, and by what?

	Good question.  Who knows.

-Woodrow
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