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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!goliath.apana.org.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!ns3.iamerica.net!jdl From: jdl@iamerica.net (John D. Leckie) Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc,alt.binaries.warez.mac,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.acorn.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.machten,comp.unix.pc-clone.16bit,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.user-friendly Subject: Re: FIVE GOOD REASONS WHY IBMS ARE BETTER THAN MACS Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 12:28:57 -0700 Organization: NA Lines: 32 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <jdl-1504961228570001@news.iamerica.net> References: <4ke9k9$17v@masala.cc.uh.edu> <Cyclone-0904962046340001@dial24.trip.net> <Pine.ULT.3.91.960411230827.14255B-100000@atrium.musc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: iad_ppp0122.iamerica.net X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.2.0b6 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc:34411 alt.binaries.warez.mac:3096 comp.os.linux.advocacy:45244 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:123136 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:21551 comp.os.msdos.misc:53261 comp.os.os2.advocacy:192946 comp.sys.acorn.advocacy:8055 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:99214 comp.sys.next.advocacy:34734 comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy:2592 comp.unix.advocacy:19129 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17238 comp.unix.bsd.misc:725 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2973 comp.unix.machten:2212 comp.unix.pc-clon e.16bit:645 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9198 comp.unix.shell:31629 comp.unix.solaris:65901 comp.unix.user-friendly:3588 In article <Pine.ULT.3.91.960411230827.14255B-100000@atrium.musc.edu>, Antoine A Makhlouf <makhloaa@musc.edu> wrote: > batch@place.net (batch) asked : > " Why is there 5 times more PC's then Macs?" > and > "Wh software comes first on PC's ? > > Each question is the answer to the other!. PC's became "standard" when > IBM introduced them because they were from IBM. The cloning phenomenon > helped tremendously. Remember taht the Mac did not exist yet. This > started the vicious circle of Developers writing more for PC because the > have market share and market share growing because of applications. The > fact that the Mac has held at 10% for 12 years is proof of its superior > technology that offset the snowballing effect of market share. And > because Apple is under intense competition the Mac will keep its > technology edge and survive. I've often noticed that any truly good software is translated for Mac eventually. True, the Mac version might be a version behind the PC version in terms of nifty features, but it's a price I'm willing to pay for the comparative elegance of the Mac OS. Anything not available for Mac a good while after it was first released for PC is garbage anyway. Sure, you walk into a software store and see tons of stuff for PC and a little Mac shelf, but 90% of the PC stuff there is shit. PC's, even using Win 95 (an attempt to be more mac-like, if you ask me) are so damn clunky and unwieldy, even when you know perfectly well what you're doing, which I DO. I can use both types equally well, and I prefer Mac. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Mankind's first sin was Faith, its first virtue, doubt. ----------------------------------------------------------------