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

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From: Nevin ":-]" Liber
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 21:09

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In article <4in381$ri9@steel.interlog.com>, daveacg@interlog.com (Dave
Glue) wrote:

> You mean in 1991, the Mac OS could dynamically allocate memory to apps
> without the user "specifying" how much memory each apps needs by
> him/herself?

On the flip side, Unix users have to set process limits so that things
like Netscape don't bring the whole machine to a snail's pace.  As a user
level feature, there is no difference between having to set the amount of
memory a Mac app uses (plus most Mac apps gracefully handle low memory
situations) and having to set the amount of memory that a Unix app can use
(and most Unix apps just crash in low memory situations).  They are for
different purposes, but good luck convincing 90% of the users that they
are different concepts.

> Get a clue, there's more to an OS than a GUI.

But, without a good interface, it just doesn't matter.  For some reason,
the so-called technically superior OSes have the worst sales.
-- 
        Nevin ":-)" Liber       nevin@CS.Arizona.EDU    (520) 293-2799

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From: nevin@CS.Arizona.EDU (Nevin ":-]" Liber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 14:09:58 -0700
Organization: University of Arizona CS Department, Tucson "It's too dang hot!" Arizona
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