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- From: joy@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Chien-Chung Chen)
- Subject: Re: Where the mac really wins
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.114635.27305@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
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- Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor
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- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 11:46:35 GMT
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- In article <1gpfjkINNmci@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> craig@ec.uwa.oz.au (Craig Richmond - division) writes:
- >ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
- >>Funny.. NT will run on the Alpha, R4000, etc.
- >
- >Funny.. Neither of those are Intel Processors are they? That means that
- >one of "The Enemy" are gone. All I have to do then is work out a cunning
- >plan to Engineer the downfall of Microsoft and I will be a happy man.
- >Especially as it is looking extremely like Microsoft (another of "The
- >Enemy") are trying their hardest to slay poor Intel. Now why is it that
- >Intel is selling ethercards? Could it be they still need to sell
- >something once the the 8088 based processors can no longer compete with the
- >new generation processors.
-
- I don't know how you define PC clone? Should a PC absolutely be bound with
- an Intel 8088 family CPU? Can't PCs in the future have a RISC CPU? On the
- other hand, do you think Macintash should never switch to non-680x0 CPU?
- I would like to see both PC and Mac switch to more powerful RISC CPUs.
-
- >I dislike Intel and Microsoft. My previous post was an anti Intel Post and
- >has nothing to do with Microsoft. I abuse them enough and I figured it was
- >time to gloat about the fact that the PC clone is finally coming to the end
- >of its days.
-
- If PC clone's days are counted because 80x86s are outperformed by RISCs,
- how do you think about Mac's 680x0s?
-
- >If you think windoze and a pc are better than a mac then I am very happy
- >for you because you can save a lot of money. But please don't try to
- >convert the rest of us, because we are very happy buying horribly
- >overpriced computers from a monopolistic company. I come in to day,
- >brimming with excitement at the prospect of using my macintosh all day. I
- >like seeing the sickly sweet smiley face when I turn it on. I like the way
- >you get to sit around for ages while compiling your programs because my
- >SE/30 isn't as fast as a 486DX2-66 which I could buy for the same price. I
- >DON'T CARE so please take this conversation to alt.religion.computers where
- >it belongs. Followups directed there.
-
- Personally, I don't think PC+Windows is better than Macintosh if the user
- wants a Mac-like system. In fact, I don't want PC to be Mac-like. A system
- close to Unix+X is more attractive to me.
-
- Sorry. I don't think what I am talking here belongs to "religion". So I
- keep this thread in the original newgroups.
-
- -- Chien-Chung Chen
-