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David Corn (dcorn@metronet.com) wrote:
: hunter@news.dorsai.org (Woodrow Shin) wrote:

: >	I believe SoftWindows is based on a 80286 emulator.  Unless this 
: >has been changed recently.  That is why you see the Dos Card for Macs.

: v2 runs 3/486 apps.

: >: According to Donald Crabb, he could even boot WIndows 95, although I 
: >: don't know how well the new Windows-95-specific software will run on it.

: >	I seriously doubt it, without a Dos Card.

: It works fine, but it's too slow for my use on even a 9500/132.
: Granted, I see a Pentium 60  16/1G as low end these days, but I
: digress.

	If it's too slow for a 9500/132, then it isn't worth it.  Who 
wants to run software at 486 speeds on a $5000+ computer.

: >	6,000 apps, that run at Quadra speeds(Quadra 68040 25mhz), for 
: >$2000+(This is for a minimal config), 600 Power Mac apps, which is incredibly 
: >small, in number of choices, compared to # of Pentium apps.  And 
: >Dos/Windows, which runs even slower than a Quadra unless you pay 
: >$1000 for a DOS Card and at least 8 megs of onboard RAM for the card.  
: >16 would probably be better.  

: This is true, but when you consider that of those 600 apps you'll
: probably only really need about 50 of them, it isn't quite that bad.
: Granted, though, that Win boxes have far better and more software
: available.  One area I find Macs lacking is in TCP/IP tools.  :(
: They're really nice, but the Win utils are better.

	Yeah, but your choice is limited.  If the PC can offer you a 
large selection of software, a decent OS, and good speed, who needs a 
Power Mac?  For a home PC that is.

: Back to the point, what Amiga tcp/ip GUI tools are out there?

	I haven't the slightest clue.

: >	Sounds more expensive, and less choice.  Also less 
: >performance for the money your paying, unless you're running only Power apps.

: It isn't cheap, but it's a really nice and elegant solution (the DOS
: card) for running basic PC apps.  It runs W95 nicely, too.  

	Elegant? Maybe.  Necessary? No.  Pentium as a Home PC can easily 
do everything the Power Mac can, with more choices.  And those of you who 
don't like the OS, to me the OS, is just a means to an end.  It's just 
the thing you use to run your real programs.  Windows NT, and Windows 95 
are sufficient for my needs.  They come close enough to the Mac OS.  And 
they leave me with many more options.  If you get a Dos Card, which runs 
at DX2/66, it's just admitting that you need x86 programs.  You don't 
need both a Power Mac and a x86.  Either one can fill the shoes of the 
other, the Pentium just does it better, IMHO.

-Woodrow