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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: 1995/09/11
- 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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mkagalen@lynx.dac.neu.edu (Michael Kagalenko) writes:
>] Not to mention that only a handful of Macs have slots. Need more
>]functionality? Buy a new CPU! Or buy a $300 SCSI->Ethernet converter.
>]What a BARGAIN! Who needs slots anyway?
> I think Jawaid Bazyar should learn something about Macintosh systems,
> his arguments only reveal his ignorance. Not only
> macs come with expansion slots, they also have SCSI and Ethernet
> on motherboard.
Well, sure, most recent Macs come with slots, but they're nubus slots,
not standard ISA or EISA slots. 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.
>] 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.
>] 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. With recent Mac price decreases and the first Mac clones
coming out, this is changing, however.
>]Had Apple done the sensible thing and ported MacOS to run on Intel
>]processors, I'd be running _that_.
> Intel CISC architecture is the past of the computing. All
> PowerMacs are based on RISC CPU chip.
And the Power PC chips that are used in Power PCs are a special flavor
that will not run Windows NT 3.51.
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