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Re: Micro$loth Windoze 95 Badges - how they should be
- Subject: Re: Micro$loth Windoze 95 Badges - how they should be
- From: munz@wordperfect.com (Mark Munz)
- Date: 1995/09/12
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc, aus.computers.ibm-pc, aus.computers.sun, aus.computers.os2, aus.computers.amiga, comp.sys.amiga.misc, comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc, comp.sys.intel, comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc, comp.sys.misc, comp.sys.newton.misc, comp.sys.next.misc, comp.sys.sgi.misc, comp.sys.sun.misc, comp.os.ms-windows.misc, comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup, comp.windows.misc, comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc
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In article <43352s$595@news.halcyon.com>, cygnus@halcyon.com (Wayne
Hixson) wrote:
> PMFJI, but Networking and data bases are much stronger for the PC than
> the Mac. Also, hardware is more widely available and the architecture
> is not closed like the Mac. Purchase costs continue to be lower,
> although not as much as earlier.
>
> Wayne Hixson
> cygnus@halcyon.com
The Macintosh has strong support for both Networking and databases.
In the networking area, it has AppleShare (if you need a Mac as both
Server and Client) or you can go NetWare (Mac client, but currently no Mac
server).
In the database arena, you can go with simple flat file like FileMaker Pro
or First 4D. Or truly relational like FoxBase and 4th Dimension.
True, the Macintosh doesn't provide you with 50 crappy database programs
or 40 different networking schemes, but it provides you with good ones.
The Macintosh architecture hasn't been closed in quite some time. The Mac
has had slots for almost 10 years now (and that's almost 10 years without
the headaches associated with adding cards to PC's).
I don't know if I can agree with your purchase cost argument. It is
important to compare like machines. Yes, you can get a PC for under $1000
- but not with enough memory, disk space or a CD-ROM. When you start
adding the required necessities of today's machines - the price comparison
puts Mac neck in neck with today's PC.
Finally, any possible arguments for this will be gone in a few more
months. Once we have CHRP machines, we'll have clonable machines that run
the Macintosh OS.
Just my $0.02.
Mark Munz