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- From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (steve hix)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: RE-MACS COST TOO MUCH (NOT!)
- Date: 27 Aug 1992 17:40:53 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
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- In article <ajross.714890195@husc10> ajross@husc10.harvard.edu (Andrew Ross) writes:
- >
- >Please tone down the language, you are impressing no one. For myself (a
- >dumb PC jock), I don't consider an unsupported, undocumented copy of an OS
- >legitimate; legal perhaps, but not legitimate.
-
- OK, just in case you didn't know, every Mac comes with (paper manuals)
- documentation for the MacOS included in the box along with the diskettes.
- (That ought to be legitimate by your definition.) Upgrades, as described
- by others, range from free to minimal cost (charge for dealer's time), to
- the cost of a full with-new-manuals package.
-
- Why pay for all the paper when the differences between, say, 6.0.2 and
- 6.0.5 are such that most users would never notice the difference unless
- it's something like fewer crashes or things go faster. (Any significant
- added functions would be documented in the upgrade in a README type of
- file. Seems legitimate to me.
-
- Why do you think this sort of upgrade is "unsupported", btw?
-
- >If having only two programs simplifies training and support costs while
- >minimizing productivity losses (yes, it can be done), then YES, it is an
- >advantage. I've seen more toy software bought (but never used) than I'd
- >like to remember; for BOTH PC's and Mac's. In my experience, the ONLY
- >people who like trying out new software are the ones who generally know
- >what they are doing (and would have no trouble learning PC software).
-
- On the other hand, if you need the functionality of some third (or 15th)
- software package, it's a real advantage to know before you get it that
- a large part of its function is already part of your knowledge base, and
- that what's new is going to appear in a form that you're already somewhat
- familiar with.
-
- >Obviously. But (and oooh, am I gonna catch flames for this one) unless
- >your needs include NEEDING more than one screen and/or having a
- >requirement for nifty movies in the OS, I'd be willing to bet that a PC
- >will fulfill them.
-
- Not for me. I don't (yet) need either feature (but the need may eventually
- arrive), but what I do, writing books, hasn't in the past been anywhere
- near as well done on PC systems than on the Mac.
-
- >Multiple screen support and Quicktime are the only
- >REAL advantages a Mac has (I can feel the heat already). There are catch
- >phrases and buzzwords aplenty, (ease of use! Fast SCSI drives! Consistant
- >interface! Fully integrated hardware!) but none of them boil down into a
- >"You can do this on a mac but not on a pc" sentence.
-
- Maybe, but they might not be worth doing on a PC.
-
- >I know nothing of accounting software. I will add, though, that I have
- >never heard of Macintax. I have heard of other packages, such as Quicken
- >and Microsoft Money. As an uninformed user, I would therefore have to
- >conclude that Macintax is not a leading product.
-
- Well, other than the fact that Macintax is not an accounting package...
- you can update you internal database: Macintax is a leading product of
- its type. And now it's finally available on PC's.
-
- Note also that Quicken was originally implemented on the Apple// (I was
- one of the original beta testers...roughly back before wheels became
- round.)
-
- >>>And even on the GUI is better end...Amiga has a much better interface than
- >>>Mac,
-
- The Amiga has a lot of neat features...but its GUI is really quite
- ugly.
-
-
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