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- From: steve@sdf.lonestar.org (Steve Fuller)
- Subject: Re: Macs cost too much (NOT!)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.151150.27451@sdf.lonestar.org>
- Organization: sdf Public Access UNIX, Dallas--unrestricted free shell access
- References: <yL0aoB27w165w@mantis.co.uk> <1992Jul23.143042.14243@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> <ewright.711925511@convex.convex.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 15:11:50 GMT
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- In article <ewright.711925511@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
- >In <1992Jul23.143042.14243@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> smoon@strfleet.gsfc.nasa.gov (Sang J. Moon) writes:
- >
- >Finally, you can't "rebuild the desktop file" in System 7 because
- >there *is* no desktop file. The desktop is now a database, not a
- >file. I only mention this because I thought, since you claim to
- >be a programmer working on a Master's degree, that you might have
- >some idea what you're talking about.
- pssst. most mac users (like me) still call it a file....
- >
- >
- >Bestcase time for the Mac -- a few seconds.
- >Bestcase time for the PC -- a few minutes.
- >Worstcase time for the Mac -- a few minutes.
- >Worstcase time for the PC -- several weeks.
- >
- Real Worstcase time for the PC -- possibly never.
-
- Macs have built-in compatibility.
-
- Steve Fuller
- steve@sdf.lonestar.org
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