Re: Pro Mac/Jobs fantasy story online

[phoenyx <quazar@dcnet2000.com>]

Your arguments don't ring quite true. For instance,
Mr Gates designed the basics for the USB port. He
wanted a port which could have devices attached or
removed without shutting the computer down. You
see evidence of this in the early 95 versions which
had basic code support even though the device wasn't
even off the drawing table. Today, we have hardware
which uses this concept and more peripherals on the
way.

As for the rest of the machine, the hardware follows the
demands of the software. We are at a unique point in the
computers history. For years we struggled with hardware
which could barely keep up with the requirements of the
software. But finally we now have hardware which actually
has power to spare. We would not have this awesome
ability were it not for the fact that MS Windows required
power and thus influenced the manufacturers to design
and create it. Were it not for Windows, the x86 architecture
would have faded a long time ago. It certainly didn't lend
itself to easy programming. It had a memory bottleneck
which is still a problem to this day. The overall system
had to be modified (hacked if you will) to allow it to use
faster bus systems.

There are many more examples, and I can think of many
peripherals designed particularly for Windows which have
become part of the PC ensemble, but I guess I'll get off
my soapbox and let somebody else give a lecture.

Phoenyx