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

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From: Don Schmelling
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1995 03:41

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David P. Summers (Summers@Ethyl-the-Frog.ARC.NASA.gov) wrote:
: In article <19950906.118DCF8.10C69@olympus.net>, dons@olympus.net (Don
: Schmelling) wrote:
: > : Power Mac only software is very rare.  Most software packages ship either
: > : in two versions that the installer picks from as appropriate, or as a fat
: > : binary which runs on either machine.
: 
: > That is sad to hear.  I keep hearing how good Power Macs are but they
: > do not even have a good software base?  Maybee someday you will actually
: > see software developed for the power Mac.
: 
: He meant that Power Mac _only_ software is very rare (I haven't seen
: any).  _Not_ that Power Mac software is rare.  Software is either
: available either in both versions (uncommon) or in a version that
: has both PowerPC code and 680x0 code (and your computer just loads
: what it needs).
I was also talking about Power Mac _only_ software.  My point was that
means the biggest gain of the power Mac is just a speed up for running
old Mac software.

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Don Schmelling   Port Angeles, WA USA
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Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
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