Re: OS For IIGS

[mportune@telerama.REMOVETHIS.com (Matt Portune)]

In article <65mq4i$eic@login.freenet.columbus.oh.us>, dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff) wrote:
>I don't even have a word processor (except Notepad) on the PC anymore.  I had
>MS-Office on it for a while, but it took up too much space, slowed the
>machine to a crawl when running, and had a nasty habit of crashing.

I'm certainly not going to argue there.  MS has a habit of over engineering 
their apps, trying to cover all ground, while in the process making it bloated 
as "all get out."  

>and Netscape 3.x.  And part of the reason for this is that my GS will do a
>lot of things a lot faster and a lot easier than the PC will. 

I certainly won't deny that either.  I can boot into Appleworks to type 
something in under 4 seconds from power-up, whereas it would take me several 
minutes to get up and running on the PC.

>Win95 box can outperform a MacOS machine, I hate to think what the Mac and
>the GS would look like side by side...

I'm not sure I understand what you mean here.   I certainly don't lump the GS 
into the same category as the mac, just because they share a logo and a 
mother.  That's where the similarities end.  

An accelerated GS outperforms a lot of macs.  Not in long-term processing 
(graphic filters, audio transitions, etc.)  but in basic "feel" and use... the 
snapping of windows, the launching of programs, etc.  I'll take my snappy GS 
over a mac anyday.

The mac is supposed to be the machine for the creative type.  Now I don't know 
about anyone else, but when I get a creative jolt, I want to do something 
about it *NOW*.  Waiting over 2 minutes for Pro Tools to load and initialize 
on a "cutting edge mac" is just plain rediculous, not to mention hilarious.  
The screen redraws are painful to sit through, especially when you know 
the software really well, and you're trying to fly through a function, and 
the machine can't keep up with you.  Now, the GS's apps may not be as robust 
as their modern-day counterpart, but at least I can play with them within 
10-15 seconds after I launch them.  Same goes with all my win32 apps.  
Click...*snap*...play.

Sorry, but when your mind grows numb waiting for the machine to catch up to 
your mouse clicks, it's time to step back and re-evaluate.

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