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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: catambay@aol.com (Bill the Cat)
- Date: 1995/09/11
- 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 <42sqga$i8b@apocalypse.dmi.stevens-tech.edu>, Jeff Read
<jread@attila.stevens-tech.edu> wrote:
> You know what? I hate it when Mac-supremacists come on here and SLAM
Windows and
> Windows 95.
I haven't read all the posts, so I haven't seen the ones "slamming"
Windows 95. For users of old Windows, I can see that Windows 95 is a
great thing.
> Even a well-equipped Power Mac can be just as frustrating and just as
> difficult and just as crash-prone as a Windows PC.
Well, it is certainly crash-prone, but having worked with PowerMacs and
Pentium PCs, I do not think a PowerMac comes close to the frustration
which is common on the PC platform.
> And the thing that Windows 95 has
> that Mac OS will never have? A command line. Yes, there's a learning
curve, but if
> you learn the system, COPY C:\WINWORD\DOCS\*.* A: sounds a lot faster
and easier
> than hunting for the Microsoft Word folder, then hunting for the
Documents folder,
> then using the Control key to cumulatively select all the files, and
then moving
> your windows around so the floppy disk icon is visible on the desktop,
and then
> dragging the whole mess to the floppy disk.
Why not Command-F, type in file you are looking for (close to a command
line)? But after finding it, it unfortunately gets too easy... you drag
the file onto the floppy icon. However, if you really like the command
line, I can easily write a program which emulates the DOS command line.
This might be the key to winning some of the PC users over. I am not a
"supremist" for the Mac, in fact I dislike Apple Inc (choosing between
Apple and Microsoft is like voting for president... choosing the lesser of
two evils). But as far as product (thanks to some sharp engineers at
Apple), the Macintosh is the better machine (including the Mac OS).
Personally, I wouldn't mind if a 3rd company came out with something even
better, but I haven't seen it yet.
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Bill Catambay
Pascal Programmer on Macintosh and Open VMS
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