Re: OS For IIGS

[hattonr@aug.com (Rick Hatton)]

Mitchell Spector <spec@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:

> For US$999 I can buy a state-of-the-art PC clone, undoubtably better
> equipped than the "package deal" Apple or these clone companies force you

I got a 200 mhz 603e, 2 gig HD, 16 meg RAM, 256 cache.. and its a Umax
that I chose to buy. No one forced me. And beleive me. This is much
faster than a 200 mhz pentium. Iuse those at work.

>  but the truth of the matter is one is more true to the
> term "multitasking" than the other 

They are different ways of diving tasks between a single processor. No
more, no less.If you want "true multitasking", then youhave to have
multiple CPUs.

>  nor
> does it constantly bring up a dialog box with a bomb icon and bring down
> all other applications when one crashes. 
the W95 machine at work crashes far more than my mac at home. And when
Navigator does crash at home (thats about the onlyapp that crashes), it
hasnt taken the whole machine since Ive gottenthe new PPC. I run MacOS
purge and go forward.

> The Macintosh does
> not even support something as basic as FM-synthesis!

It supports everything with PCI cards. I have found no home or even SOHO
apps that need anything more than the stereo suuround sound of my Mac.

>   All available through add-on boards on the PC, and once again,
> much cheaper when you add it all up in the end.
Did you pass math in school?

>    Clearly superior to anyone whose fallen for Apple's propaganda
> about how evil and awful PC's are.

I never said PCs were evil. Ive said Microsoft is evil. Ivs said that
people that choose to use Microsoft software are deluded.

> I really see
> the Macintosh as a complete opposite to the Apple II and probably
> the reason I'm not a fan of it.

Well, my IIgs sits right next to my Mac, and Ive found the Mac to be a
good comparison.

> >I HATE that damn W95 machine.
>     Your certainly free to do so, but you are missing out.

Im not missing out on anything. I have 3 Macs and a IIgs at home. I am
FORCED to work on a W95 machine at worked. I said forced and I meant
forced. I hate it. 

I am still lookingfor ways to upgrade my GS. I still dont have a SCSI
card for it. I will get the TCP software for it as soon as it is
available. And, if Apple goes under, there's always Linux, BE, OS/2...
but will NOT resort to Microsoft in my home... and if I can banish that
crap from my workplace so much the better...

BTW, I didnt spring forth a Mac lover, Ive gone though several platforms
(TI 994/A, RS Color Computer, Apple IIe, IIgs, DOS machines and Windoze
machines and Macs). I choose my computers based on what I LIKE. ANd on
my desk... is a Umax and a IIgs.

Rick