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- From: u9147063@cs.uow.edu.au (Richard Barry Ling)
- Subject: Re: Macintosh advocacy (really!)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.091951.10945@cs.uow.edu.au>
- Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia
- References: <83567@ut-emx.uucp> <bmccnnll.721752551@unix1.tcd.ie> <1992Nov15.014655.25724@cs.uow.edu.au> <84074@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 09:19:51 GMT
- Lines: 66
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- ifbb657@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd) writes:
-
- > u9147063@cs.uow.edu.au (Richard Barry Ling) writes:
- > > In <83567@ut-emx.uucp> ifbb657@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd) writes:
- > >
- > > > > I don't think so. I have used 5 A3000's so far, and all five look
- > > > > "workstation quality."
-
- > They look "workstation quality", but are they? Enquiring minds want
- > to know :-)
-
- Yes
-
- > > > Please. You have just insulted every Sun (> =sparc1+), NeXT, Mac II,
- > > > VAX, and PC in the world. Please do not use Amiga and workstation
- > > > in the same sentence :-).
-
- Ok, I was just about to say "Amigas are not workstations", but that sentence
- doesn't meet the criteria and is therefore false. ;-)
-
- > > Thank god for the smiley.
- > >
- > > is an 8086 PC a workstation?
-
- > Ten years ago, it was.
-
- > > as for the Mac II, how can it be a workstation and the A3000 not, when the
- > > A3000 is faster, has better hardware, a proper multitasking OS?
-
- > The Mac II is a Mac, the A3000 is an Amiga.
-
- Well come up to the front of the class and get a gold star. You may not
- have answered the question whatsoever, but I can't deny that last statement
- of yours.
-
- > > Or do you define "Workstation == Any relatively powerful computer that costs
- > > far too much"?
-
- > Workstation == Any computer that is generally used for high-end stuff
-
- > > My A500 is a workstation. I do work on it. Boom-boom.
-
- > An A500 is an Amiga. An Amiga is not a workstation. Boom-boom-SPLAT!
-
- > [For the humor impared :-) * 10^6]
-
- Are you using smileys to make totally inaccurate statements?
-
- The Mac still can't multitask. It's OS is huge and still doesn't get much
- done. You can have multiple applications open, but only one of them gets
- any processor time. Backgrounded applications on the Mac aren't actually
- doing anything; they only wake up when you bring them to the front.
-
- :-) :-) :-) etc...
-
- > --
- > ********** ifbb657@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd) **********
- > Windows NT: * Disclaimer: I speak for myself *
- > ***********************************
- > You WANT your hard drive trashed now.
-
- No I don't.
-
- ________________________________
- Richard. u9147063@cs.uow.edu.au
- #include <standard_disclaimer.h>
-