Re: Amelio's ouster

[bassclef@netcom.ca(Jennifer Joyce Jones)]

In <33C477F5.705E@MacConnect.com> Geoff Kaiser
<SuperKais@MacConnect.com> writes: 
>

>I agree that it's been a long time since Apple's advertising was "in
>your face", like in the days of the high-flying Apple II when Apple
>sneered at IBM's first entry in the PC market in the major newspapers,
>or in '84-85 when Apple's TV commercials showed a stack of IBM PC user
>manuals next to a light Mac user booklet (!). I hope Apple tries to
>regain this attitude they once had, and keep pushing it in everyone's
>face; most people are unaware of all the things Apple Mac machines can
>do (examples: can your PC use two monitors with different display
>content? Can your PC be turned on/off from the keyboard? Can you
switch
>keyboards/mice without rebooting?)


As for two monitors, I don't think it can be done on current PC's but
early versions of Lotus would do it on CGA with two monitors, IIRC
(i.e. MDA out the RCA port, CGA out the 9 pin)

Mind you, it's difficult to call CGA "display content"... :)


Pat McNeil