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- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.005055.156505@bmug.org>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Distribution: world
- From: David_A._Schnider@bmug.org
- Organization: BMUG, Inc.
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 00:50:55 PST
- Subject: Re: Where the mac really wins
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- >Its cleaner looking only if you're comparing it to 640x480 >vga. Most
- >Windows users will tell you that Windows needs about 800x600 >on a 14
- >inch monitor (or 1024x768 with 8514 fonts) for a nice desktop. >The
- >difference is amazing - rather than being cluttered, the >desktop looks
- >very free - lots of room for windows.
-
- I think you missed the point. The size and space isn't the really important
- thing. The icons in Windows and especially in OS/2 don't look as good as
- system 7.1. In fact they don't even look as good as the systems Apple put out
- two years ago. The appearance of Mac OS's is cleaner and more user friendly.
- Also, each of the applications must be standardized to work with the system,
- eliminating any chance that the commands will be different between programs.
- I've heard PC users say that they can make their Windows look just like a Mac
- interface. So far I haven't seen it. I'd like to see a copy of such a thing
- if anyone can post it online. All PC users say it as if it is really easy,
- then I challenge them to prove it. However, even if that is done (which I
- highly doubt), Windows users cannot make their interface as simple as the
- Mac's.
-
- -David
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