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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!hobyah.cc.uq.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!purdue!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!mail2news.alias.net!myriad!mylinuxbox!suck!netcom.com!ixnews1.ix.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!news From: hmccurdy@ix.netcom.com (Hugh McCurdy) Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.mac,alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc,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: IBM's are good for games, and well sorry to say, THATS IT! Date: Sun, 05 May 1996 04:33:38 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 35 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4mhb26$qa7@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> References: <---0405961742330001@dyna-37.net7b.io.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-syr1-23.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sat May 04 11:33:10 PM CDT 1996 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.binaries.warez.mac:4001 alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc:37826 comp.os.linux.advocacy:48154 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:127004 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:23879 comp.os.msdos.misc:54809 comp.os.os2.advocacy:199540 comp.sys.acorn.advocacy:8879 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:104264 comp.sys.next.advocacy:35119 comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy:3260 comp.unix.advocacy:20176 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:18805 comp.unix.bsd.misc:920 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3514 comp.unix.machten:2420 comp.unix.pc-clo ne.16bit:772 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9319 comp.unix.shell:32428 comp.unix.solaris:67931 comp.unix.user-friendly:3711 --@--.0101 (Dave) wrote: > I use both platforms of systems regularly, (IBM and Mac) and I must say >that IBMs are ONLY good for games! And thats it, they are worthless >otherwise... In fact, if there were more games available for Mac, IBM >would be 100% worthless. > I don't understand what's so good about IBM's anyway!? Whats so >appealing about a dumbass OS? > Well thats my two cents. >-D I find it pretty darn interesting that "Dave" isn't confident enough in his own opinions to leave a valid E-mail address. But in case "Dave" is out there -- 1. Why do you equate Computer Architecture with Operating System? 2. Why do you think your personal experience can be extrapolated to the entire population of computer users worldwide? 3. I personally know of rather serious appications that run on PC architecture machines (mostly under Unix/Linux). This is a FACT which contradicts your assertion/conclusion (pretty hard to say which). Many of the programs I'm think of are not for the home user. But that takes me back to #2. OK "Dave" your turn. BTW, my E-mail address is real. And I know I cross posted, but I can't tell who Dave is because I planned to send him E-mail instead of posting at all.