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- From: jrg@punch (James R. Goble)
- Subject: Re: pc and mac: was RE: 486 and mac benchmarks
- Message-ID: <1992Dec11.194739.18360@speedy.aero.org>
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- Organization: The Aerospace Corporation; El Segundo, CA
- References: <Bz14Ds.EyG@world.std.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 19:47:39 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- In article <Bz14Ds.EyG@world.std.com> jbailey@world.std.com (jim bailey)
- writes:
- > peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
- >
- > >heksterb@cs.utwente.nl (Ben Hekster) writes:
- >
- > >>In article <1992Dec7.013132.151@cuphub.cup.edu> luf4695@cuphub.cup.edu
- writes:
- > >>>It's true that most(all?) new machines come with Windows, but how
- many people
- > >>>who bye these machines actually use it.
- >
- > >>I wonder about that, too. It amuses me to no end to see how many
- > >>Windows `users' keep that "DOS Prompt" tool at hand because it's so
- > >>much `easier' to copy a file with Norton Commander than to have to use
- > >>the File Manager-- Windows must really be great.
- >
- > >Yeah, that's because Windows users *CAN* have a command line interface.
- Try
- > >that on a Mac!
- >
- > Ok, it is called MPW, it is available from APDA for about $125. I use
- > it all the time. It blows the doors off of the DOS shell. What was
- > your point?
-
- You can also buy AUX 3.0, a real mans command line interface. Dos command
- line tools are so wimpy by comparison that they might as well not exist.
- If you liked the PC command interface, why did you buy Windows?
-
- --------
- I want my, I want my GUI....
- --------
-
- Jim Goble,
- Los Angeles
-