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From: nggilber@cca.rockwell.com (Neal G. Gilbertson)
Subject: Re: The PC Mac Holy war
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In article <318F5C58.4BBF@rss.dl.nec.com>, Michael Teter <teter@rss.dl.nec.com> writes:
> David Brackman wrote:
> [snip]
> > 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.
> > 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.
> 
> begging your pardon, but what mac have you been using that doesn't
> crash?  most computers crash at least occasionally.  mac is certainly
> not excluded.
> 
 
I agree! Even the Amiga (The best home computer, bar none) crashes now and then.

"Just an easy mouse click and no crashes" I own a Mac and I KNOW this is a false statement.


NG