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

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From: Mark Eaton
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 19:06
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In article <4d1vs4$em8@emerald.oz.net>, oakley@conti.oz.net wrote:

> > >That is why Macintosh has less than 3% of the market share.
> > Try 14 in North America, and 9 worldwide - and both are growing.
> > Bzzzt! Try again please.
> 
> The only number I've seen is 9% -- and its going down, spurred by poor 
> sales during the last two quarters.  

What are you talking about?!?! Apple has had record sales the last 4
quarters in a row. Last quater Apple had a 12% increase over the same
period a year before; in that same period PC sales increased 5%. (from
December Apple Directions)

If you don't know what the hell you are talking about, please, do us a ll
a favor and don't start talking out your a**.

> Wrong.  First of all, the only thing they're better than pretty much any 
> other interface is userfriendlyness which I'd think the people serious 
> enough to go to a conference wouldn't bother with anyway.  They're slow, 
> expensive, can't multitask.  On top of that, they work on little toys all 

okay, lets take these in order:
slow: hello? PowerPC 604, heard of it? 
expensive: you can buy a PPC Mac clone for about $1400.
multitasking: since Multifinder and System 6.0, yes, they can.
toys: sure - a plug and play RISC machine is a toy. whatever.
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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 11:06:01 -0800
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