Re: can I use Apple II with a vga/dvi monitor? how to get software?

[mk_dubrow@no-spam.hotmail.com (Rob)]

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:39:32 GMT, The Wizard of Oz
<wizard@emeraldcity.gov> wrote:

>MarkW wrote:
>> Thanks for the help with the crossposting. I didn't realize that there
>> was a Apple 2 newsgroup but I'm subscribed now.
>
>	No problem.
>
>> I am looking forward to hearing more about transferring files.  This
>> fall I purchased my first Apple product, a Macbook Pro. I am setting
>> it up as well with Parallels to run Linux (Ubuntu).  
>
>	Ubuntu isn't bad. It's an OK desktop. I have some issues with it but 
>not enough to install anything else at the moment (but it's getting 
>there). I'm running Dapper Drake. Edgy Eft kernel panics during the install.
>
>	You may also want to try an Apple// emulator on the machine. Some 
>people say they get better performance by running software in emulation 
>than they do natively on the same machine. (eg. Appleworks in an 
>emulator is much faster than M$ Word on a PC or Mac)
>
>				Later
>				Mike

You cannot compare Appleworks to Microsoft Word and claim one performs
better simply because you  max out the emulator.  Of course it runs
faster in an emulator, but maxing out an emulator for old hardware and
running it on a modern PC is hardly a legitimate or fair way to
measure performance.    By that same comparison Windows 3.11 performs
alot better on a modern 3.0Ghz  Pentium then it does the old 286/386's
systems it was originally written.   By that logic we should all start
running ancient Windows or Mac OS's on our modern machines simply
because they run faster.