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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: laurence@netcom.com (Andrew Laurence)
- Date: 1995/09/12
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mkagalen@lynx.dac.neu.edu (Michael Kagalenko) writes:
>]Well, sure, most recent Macs come with slots, but they're nubus slots,
>]not standard ISA or EISA slots.
> NuBus is no less standard then ISA/EISA.
B.S. NuBus exists on Apple brand machines only. That's machines from EXACTLY
ONE manufacturer.
>] The new PCI slots are an improvement. And
>]as far as having SCSI on the motherboard, what flavor? What if it's SCSI-1
>]and you want SCSI-2, SCSI-3, or Fast-Wide SCSI? Too bad, I guess. Or you
>]can buy an expensive add-on card and waste the money you already spent on
>]the built-in SCSI.
> Macs come with SCSI-2 on board.
That's nice. What if you want SCSI-3 or any of the other flavors I mentioned?
You just paid for something you don't want.
>]>] Wasting time is buying a Mac to do X when a Mac can't do X because
>]>]the software isn't available.
>]
>]> There are at least two programs on the market which let one use X on
>]> the mac.
>]
>]I think the original poster meant "X" as a hypothetical unknown, not as
>]shorthand for X Windows.
> Oh, really ? So, name any task you can accomplish with PC and can not
> with Mac ! Well ? ;-)
Two things. (1) Preemptive multitasking, and (2) running a server-based
NOS such as NetWare and Windows NT.
>]>] Or waiting for a Mac to do any of a number
>]>]of things (overpriced, underpowered. These words mean things).
>]
>]> Independent benchmarks show Macs to be faster then Intel machines.
>]
>]Which ones? Sure, an 8100 Power Mac is faster than an Intel 286, but in
>]terms of raw bang for the buck, Intel machines have always been a MUCH
>]better deal.
> No, this is incorrect. PowerMacs were compared with Pentiums with
> similar frequency, amount of RAM and so on.
They still cost more. It's no longer obscenely more, but still more. And
I'm not comfortable with having to buy my hardware from one company.
>]And the Power PC chips that are used in Power PCs are a special flavor
>]that will not run Windows NT 3.51.
> They also will not run VMS, MVS and CP/M. So what ?
So what? It's an example of stupid closed architecture. Apple wanted to
make sure that no one could run someone else's operating system on their
hardware. Apple's arrogance knows no bounds.
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