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Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!

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From: David P. Summers
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1995 20:41
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In article <425sts$217@steel.interlog.com>, daveacg@interlog.com (Dave
Glue) wrote:
> >The really ironic thing, is that by say that coming out with a Mac
> >like interface is such a great thing, they are saying that before
> >Windows 95 people should have been buying Macs.
> 
> No.  They were 2-3 times as expensive.

Not always.  I bought my Quadra 610 a year and a half ago at a price
comparable to 486 machines.  Besides, if the hype about windows is
to be believed, then such computers are a step beyond all other
computers.  (Which I guess is true at least for the Mac since I
was willing to pay more for a decent OS when I bought my Plus).
________________________
(Disclaimer: If NASA had any position on any of this do you
think they would have ME give it?)
David Summers - Summers@Ethyl-the-Frog.ARC.NASA.Gov
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From: Summers@Ethyl-the-Frog.arc.nasa.gov (David P. Summers)
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,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1995 12:41:43 -0800
Organization: NASA - Ames Research Center
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