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

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From: Max Bell
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 04:48
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In article <Summers-1509951528200001@ethyl-the-frog.arc.nasa.gov>,
David P. Summers <Summers@Ethyl-the-Frog.arc.nasa.gov> wrote:
>OK, then we are in at least partial agreement.

Yes, we are.

>It may be that some vendors are more supportive and older machines
>aren't completely out of luck, but if you want to use a machine for
>a long time the answer is clear, get a Mac.

I do not agree.  If one can find programs that do what one wants to do for
an old 8086 box, buying one for $50 is probably the best option.  I do agree
that the amount of software available for old Macintoshes may be larger than
for pre-386 Intel boxes.

Max
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From: mbell@atheria.europa.com (Max Bell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
Date: 18 Sep 1995 21:48:07 -0700
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