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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!nntp.coast.net!torn!newsflash.concordia.ca!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!news.escape.ca!ts1dl40.escape.ca!user From: david@escape.ca (David Brackman) Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.mac,alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc,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: The PC Mac Holy war Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 05:51:50 -0600 Organization: Linear Software Lines: 37 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <david-0705960551500001@ts1dl40.escape.ca> References: <---0405961742330001@dyna-37.net7b.io.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts1dl40.escape.ca X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.2.0b4 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.binaries.warez.mac:4085 alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc:38264 comp.os.linux.advocacy:48387 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:127286 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:24005 comp.os.msdos.misc:54929 comp.os.os2.advocacy:200003 comp.sys.acorn.advocacy:8886 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:104653 comp.sys.next.advocacy:35141 comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy:3297 comp.unix.advocacy:20237 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:18888 comp.unix.bsd.misc:931 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3523 comp.unix.machten:2441 comp.unix.pc-clo ne.16bit:790 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9325 comp.unix.shell:32509 comp.unix.solaris:68083 comp.unix.user-friendly:3717 In article <---0405961742330001@dyna-37.net7b.io.org>, --@--.0101 (Dave) wrote: > I use both platforms of systems regularly, (IBM and Mac) and I must say >that IBMs are ONLY good for games! And thats it, they are worthless >otherwise... In fact, if there were more games available for Mac, IBM >would be 100% worthless. > > I don't understand what's so good about IBM's anyway!? Whats so >appealing about a dumbass OS? > > Well thats my two cents. I have used the PC platform for about 4 years, and mac for 2. Before I touched a mac, I thought the PC was the greatest. After about 6 months of the mac, I changed my preference. You are correct, the PC platform is a great game player. Productivity is difficult to obtain. Everything is brute force in the os. With macs, the os is elegant in the way it interfaces with the user, ie. *true* "plug n play". Hell, we don't even call it "plug n play". We just plug it in, and it plays! For productivity, mac os is the clear winner. For games, PC is the clear winner. For a brute force technically better os, Unix is the winner, b/c it has all that great stuff like: Preemptive multitasking, flat memory model, multiuser system, command line shell (for all you programmers), multithreading, multi-cpu, blah, blah. Does a true end user need any of that crap? Nope. Just an easy mouse click and no crashes. Macintosh. Now, thats my 2 cents. Dave. ------------------------------+-------------------------------------- David Brackman | email: david@escape.ca Linear Software | Location: Winnipeg, MB CANADA ------------------------------+--------------------------------------