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Re: Amelio's ouster
Rob wrote:
>
> Jennifer Joyce Jones wrote:
> For your information, Microsoft Memphis (aka WINDOWS '98), has the
> capability of dual monitors.
Great! Where can I buy it? :-)
You're talking about a product that hasn't even begun to ship. I was
talking about a capability that Apple machines had starting in 1987.
> As for the concepts of switching your computer on/off from the keyboard
> or switching keyboards/mice without rebooting. I seriously doubt people
> will rush out to buy a MAC (or any kind of computer) just because it can
> do that.
Really? Well I "seriously doubt" folks will rush to get Memphis just
because of its mutiple monitor ability either.
If you want more reasons why I chose to use Macs, here they are (its
more than just because of the keyboard and monitor items I mentioned):
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Easier and faster to setup, install, de-install and troubleshoot
Rarely ever see lost data due to crashes, compared to PCs
Very few known Mac viruses (less than 50, compared to over a thousand
DOS viruses)
Macs ALWAYS have built-in 16-bit digital stereo audio in and out
Built-in ethernet (Power Macs)
Macs ALWAYS have Built-in SCSI; a SCSI hard drive takes less than a
minute to install (just installed a new one yesterday)
It takes a minute to network two Macs together using LocalTalk (and with
just a printer cable!)
no filename restrictions (Win95 still maintains "compatibility" with
8-character filenames, therefore retains excess DOS baggage; files
actually have two names in Win95; also, the Mac can use characters in
filenames that Windows still can't (like / * ? " < > | )
Macs can open many PC file formats and can format PC disks
Macs don't have to reboot when TCP/IP settings are changed
Macs know when a disk or volume is on the drive and when it's ejected
(try looking at the contents of a floppy on Win95 and then eject the
disk; the contents are still showing, even though the disk is gone.
Won't happen on a Mac)
ability to play MIDI files directly without a hardware music synthesizer
(QuickTime 2.5)
daisy-chaining; not only are SCSI devices chainable, but ADB input
devices (mouse, keyboard, joysticks, tablets) and early Mac external
floppy drives are daisy-chainable
That starts to scratch the surface of why I use this platform. Many of
these things were implemented also (or implemented first) on the Apple
II, like AppleTalk networking and the ADB chain...(felt I should mention
that since this is an Apple II newsgroup) :-)
GK