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From: david@escape.ca (David Brackman)
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Subject: The PC Mac Holy war
Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 05:51:50 -0600
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In article <---0405961742330001@dyna-37.net7b.io.org>, --@--.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.
I have used the PC platform for about 4 years, and mac for 2.  Before I
touched a mac, I thought the PC was the greatest.  After about 6 months of
the mac, I changed my preference.

You are correct, the PC platform is a great game player.  Productivity is
difficult to obtain.  Everything is brute force in the os.

With macs, the os is elegant in the way it interfaces with the user, ie.
*true* "plug n play".  Hell, we don't even call it "plug n play".  We just
plug it in, and it plays!

For productivity, mac os is the clear winner.  For games, PC is the clear
winner.  For a brute force technically better os, Unix is the winner, b/c
it has all that great stuff like:  Preemptive multitasking, flat memory
model, multiuser system, command line shell (for all you programmers),
multithreading, multi-cpu, blah, blah.  Does a true end user need any of
that crap?  Nope.  Just an easy mouse click and no crashes.  Macintosh.

Now, thats my 2 cents.

Dave.

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David Brackman                | email:    david@escape.ca
Linear Software               | Location: Winnipeg, MB  CANADA
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