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In article <schmeul-3107950906340001@pscmc3.chemistry.aa.wl.com>,
Sam Huffman <schmeul@umich.edu> wrote:
>In article <3vhc1f$eps@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, blackholeq@aol.com
>(BlackHoleQ) wrote:
>
>> >       Said it before, and I'll say it yet again, I like Windows '95.
>> It's
>> >a GREAT improvement over Win 3.1(although I think you actually have to
>> TRY
>> >to make something worse), however, aside from multitasking(which didn't
>> >help the amiga from going the way of the dodo), it's still=
>> >
>> >       Win '95 = MacOS '89
>> 
>> I don't see how so many people seem to insist that underpowered OS +
>> stupid interface = perfect operating environment. Win95 is faster, better
>> at multitasking, better at virtual memory, has a better file system,
>> better disk caching, has a better inteface and more naitive apps. At 6%
>> market share, which is likely to get smaller when newbies begin flocking
>> to Win95, mac is much more likely to "go the way of the dodo" than
>> Windows.
>> 
>> BlackHoleQ
>
>Okey, Mr. BlackHoleQ...
>
>I will give you that Win95 has some features the MacOS doesn't currently
>have. Putting aside, for the moment anyway, your ridiculous and naive
>comments about the MacOS being "underpowered" and having a "stupid
>interface", may I ask you why, up to this point, you have used Windows
>3.1? And before that, probably DOS?
>
>Talk about underpowered... Talk about a lousy-ass interface. Well, I'm
>pretty sure the reason you used it is because it's all you have been
>exposed to. In fact, I think most people who _voluntarily_ use Windows use
>it because that's all they've been exposed to (am I wrong?)
>
>This doesn't make it better. It doesn't make it more powerful. It makes it
>more popular by default, but certainly not because it's better. It's not.
>Yes, the MacOS hides more some details from the regular user. But if one
>wants to get at them, he can. The point is, he ISN'T FORCED TO DEAL WITH
>STUFF HE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO.
>
>Umm, so anyway.. that's really about all I had to say I guess.
>
>Sam Huffman
>schmeul@umich.edu


What I really love abot BlackHoleQ is that he thinks VFAT is a better file
system than the Mac's... talk about a dodo.