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- From: ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Macs cost too much (NOT!)
- Message-ID: <92212.160147ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 14:01:47 GMT
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- First let me apologize for extending this thread in the direction of "my
- computer is better/faster/bigger than yours". This was not my intention
- espcially since this is no mac.advocacy group. I just wanted to say that if I
- had to buy a computer for home use _and_ am willing to stand _some_ (not that
- much that many people in this group think) inconveniences, then I would buy a
- PC. If I had to buy a computer for professional use where every minute of
- configuration hassle costs $$$ I would buy a Mac. And to make it complete, if
- for some reason I could not buy a Mac for prof. use I would buy a IBM or some
- other major company`s product. For my own use I would even buy the PC in pieces
- and build it together myself. (Must be a horrible picture for a dedicated Mac
- user).
-
- So friends...PEACE.
-
- However I can`t resist to make some remarks:
-
- In article <torrie.712476567@Xenon.Stanford.EDU>, torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan
- Torrie) says:
- >
- >ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET writes:
- >
- >>The FIRTS benchmark I referred to in my post was a Dhrystone benchmark
- > Let's just say that the difference in code quality between Think C 4.0.5
- >and GCC 2.1 is LARGE (and it's in GCC 2.1's favour). Maybe if you had
- >done a test using GCC on the Mac, you would have a valid comparison.
- >However, see below.
-
- I said myself the value of this (and every single one) benchmark is
- questionable. This is the only benchmark source I have, so I used it. If some-
- one could prpvide me a pointer to some other sources (e-mail) I would be glad.
- Some other guy e-mailed me that Mac compilers in general don`t do too much
- code optimization. If so the Mac is not to blame for it, but its surely not
- one of its plusses.
-
- Since Stallman advocates to boycott Apple, is there a port of GNU C for Mac-OS?
- I`d be very interested.
-
- e>The SECOND "benchmark" I ran was using Word 4.0 on the Mac and WinWord 1.1 on
- >>the same PC with Win3.0 (not the fastest GUI of all times). The PC was d
- >equippe
- >>with a ET3000 VGA board which is definitely not the fastest under the SUN :-)
- >>and in fact already out of production. Both Word versions are functionally
- >>equivalent and --- you might guess it --- the PC won this subjective
- >>"benchmark" hands down. It is _my_ Mac and _my_ PC so why should I be that h
- >muc
- >>biased ?.
- >
- > So you're basing your views on Microsoft code? Somehow, that doesn't
- >sound like something I'd do.
- >
- That one is particularly interesting to me for some reasons. First: Do you
- think MS`s code for the Mac is even worse than their code for the PC?
- Second: On the Mac at least the OS is not from them. I would be glad if I could
- say that for the PC too. Third: Do really all of you netters think that low of
- MS ? I do since I know Windoze, but I used to think my Mac friends are happy
- with their Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
-
- Michael Bode.
-