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- From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
- Subject: Re: Re2: * Takeover Proposal *
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.194659.21936@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <725330059.1285881@AppleLink.Apple.COM> <1992Dec26.022347.9730@netcom.com> <ksand-271292160118@wintermute.apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 19:46:59 GMT
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- ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik ) writes:
- >Well, I've been involved with PowerPC for a long time, and the
- >platform will run existing binaries in emulation mode (quite well
- >and fast based on the current tests we've done), as well
- >as have a new native API that is a refinement of the current one so
- >there's not a lot of work concerning a port to PowerPC.
-
- Remember, Apple claims Mac PowerBooks will run DOS programs, with
- fine print at the bottom of the ad saying you need an emulation program
- such as Soft PC. Performance is comparable to PCs of 1985 vintage.
- That's "emulation mode", as Apple markets it today.
-
- So Apple's strategy for the 90s is an all-new machine, an all-new
- application interface, and a "penalty box" (a la that of Microsoft Windows)
- for running obsolete (old Mac) applications.
-
- With a change that big, the user has to face a major conversion.
- So there's a choice: convert to Apple's new line, or convert to something
- else.
-
- John Nagle
-
-