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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!saddino.clark.net!user From: saddino@clark.net (Danny Espinoza) Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc,alt.binaries.warez.mac,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.acorn.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.machten,comp.unix.pc-clone.16bit,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.user-friendly Subject: Re: FIVE GOOD REASONS WHY IBM'S ARE BETTER THAN MACS Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 19:37:20 -0400 Organization: Multimedia Design Corporation Lines: 84 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <saddino-0804961937200001@saddino.clark.net> References: <Cyclone-0504961737500001@dial24.trip.net> <31664662.1081143@153.2.170.10> <dke-0604960729360001@adnline68.adnc.com> <31678d59.1170056@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <31685e02.5498255@news.earthlink.net> <4kabef$lfg@acmez.gatech.edu> <3169647e.2324874@news.earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: saddino.clark.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.0.6b4 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc:33158 alt.binaries.warez.mac:2844 comp.os.linux.advocacy:43950 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:121841 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:20621 comp.os.msdos.misc:52782 comp.os.os2.advocacy:190482 comp.sys.acorn.advocacy:7608 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:97598 comp.sys.next.advocacy:34486 comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy:2192 comp.unix.advocacy:18381 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16790 comp.unix.bsd.misc:635 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2806 comp.unix.machten:2108 comp.unix.pc-clon e.16bit:592 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9124 comp.unix.shell:31312 comp.unix.solaris:65200 comp.unix.user-friendly:3530 Tee, hee. Your rantings Mr. "Hybridv" are in a league of their own... In article <3169647e.2324874@news.earthlink.net>, hybridv, hybridv wrote: > >>ok so native FPU mode is faster on a MAC! who gives a shit.. no > >>program fully utlizees it !... i use 7200,8500... blah blah at work *No* program fully utilizes PowerPC FPU? Thanks for the informative report! > >>with p-133 and a p-100.... the pcs are 2x-6x faster on every > >>application for both machines... the all have 64 mb ram...and my p-100 > >>is consinstanly faster then the mac132 in all aps... let that be > >>photoshop, premiere, pagemaker,, blah blah blah.... not to mention Faster than the mac132 in *all* apps? You say you "work" ;-) but you obviously have enough time to have compared all those applications. Good work, Sparky. > >>macs are a PAIN in the ass to fix when a software crash happens... > >>theres no real fucking way to figure out what goes on... a sloppy, > >>slow gui floods the screen with minamle configureation... the standard > >>4x cd that comes with it wont read dual session cds,,, it sucks Gee, you're right! Why would anyone want a GUI that "floods" the screen? Hey Apple, that screen real-estate is expensive! > >>printing to a ethernetwork... and its SLOW!!!!! the pcs rip in all the > >>shitty mac areas.... only one good reason to have a mac and that is > >>for publishing any shit every place that does pro. output uses macs... Oops, a little "pro-Apple" blurb (or is it a burp)? Hey! These publishing houses must be out of their minds since you've proven that PhotoShop and PageMaker run faster on a Pentium 100! > >>so i need them to be compatable.... dont even start with soft > >>windows... the older monitors arnt even compatable with the new pci > >>video boards.... blah blah blah ... there just targed for the lame ass > >>out there that cant understand at least 25% of how a computer works... 25%! Now you're talking! Statistics that we all can use! "Blah" is a word you spell very well. > >>i had a mac freak come up to me once at my work and said "i heard SCSI > >>is faster then PCI" >?????????? what the fuck does that mean.. kinda > >>like my "fireplace is better then your rosegarden?" whatever.. and it > >>happens that 85% of mac uses have this mentality about computers... 85%! Another great stat! Where are these coming from? Are they coming from where you're sitting? :-) Gee, you love talking about "your work." Not an Editor I hope. > i work right next store to a mac store... every day i see at least > 20-30 computer being brought in to be serviced, fixed whatever... i Stop looking out the window! You should be working... > have never ever had to use any service place to fix my pc's most mac > users are so scared of fucking computers when i asked if they opened > up there computer to see if there video board slipped out they said > "i might not know what im doing but im not stupid?" what does that > mean they must think that i bites them that there are 40 million miles You've asked most Mac users if they're video board has slipped out? You haven't asked me yet! Come on, I'm waiting! Okay, my answer *would* involve 40 million miles of wires and tubes, so you *got* me, pal! > of wires and vacum tubes just waiting to eat them... oh yeah can [snip] > use a seperate cd... gota go to work.... ill finsih replying > later.. > Go get em, boy! And thanks for the laughs. :-) Watch out for Macintoshes trying to eat you!!! Love, Danny -- Danny Espinoza Multimedia Design Corporation saddino@clark.net