home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!ugle.unit.no!nuug!nntp.nta.no!tellus.unik.no!jons
- From: jons@tellus.unik.no (Jon von Tetzchner Stephenson )
- Subject: Macs any good?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.070932.16137@nntp.nta.no>
- Sender: news@nntp.nta.no
- Nntp-Posting-Host: hydra.unik.no
- Organization: Universitetsstudiene paa Kjeller (UNIK), University of Oslo, Norway
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 07:09:32 GMT
- Lines: 32
-
- I am considering switching computers. I have had a Amiga 500 computer
- for some time and as it is getting a bit dated (for my use) I am
- considering buying a new computer. One of my options is a Mac.
-
- I had a look at a friends LC. I guess I wasn't too impressed. The 68020
- based computer seemed slower than my 68000 based Amiga. Slow menus and
- in general a slow user interface. I also missed function keys on the
- keyboard and a better mouse with more buttons. Do the more expensive
- machines (LC II, II, etc.) have better keyboards or mice? How much faster
- than the LC is the LC II?
-
- I will also be needing some software. Do you know if the titles below are
- available and how much they cost?
-
- o FrameMaker (3.0)
- o Tex/Latex
- o Good C (C++) compiler environment
-
- Is there much good PD software available?
- How much is a MIDI interface? (Is there 1 common standard?).
- How much is a good sequencer program?
-
- Thanks.
-
- Jon.
- --
- ********************************
- * Jon v. Tetzchner Stephenson. *
- * jonst@ifi.uio.no *
- * jons@hal.nta.no *
- * jons@gauda.unik.no *
- ********************************
-