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

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From: Dan Pop
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 00:05

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In <jragosta-2703960830420001@ppp-2016.dca.net> jragosta@dca.net (Joe Ragosta) writes:

>In article <4j7ek8$vst@news.erie.net>, pce@moose.erie.net (Paul
>Christenson) wrote:
>
>> Dan Pop (danpop@mail.cern.ch) wrote:
>> 
>> : Can you use a Unix system without a shell?  Try to remove all the shells
>> : from your Unix system and see what you get :-)
>> 
>> Can you use DOS without its shell?  (Try deleting COMMAND.COM and see 
>> what happens.)
>> 
>> Can you use a Mac without its shell?  (I believe it's Finder.)
>
>Actually, yes. For many utilities, you make a startup disk which doesn't
>have a Finder.

And how do you start the next app?  By rebooting the system from another
startup disk?  How do you switch between apps?

Dan
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Dan Pop
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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
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From: danpop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop)
Date: 28 Mar 96 00:05:41 GMT
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