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- From: kanefsky@src.honeywell.com (Steve Kanefsky)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: MACS COST TOO MUCH (NOT!)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.172039.6865@src.honeywell.com>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 17:20:39 GMT
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- In article <92241.130725ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET> ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET writes:
- >
- >Thats what I get reading A P P L E documentaion. I think they should know
- >what their machine can do and what it can`t do. But perhaps it`s simply british
- >understatement.
-
- I agree. They should indicate when there's a real hard-limit on the amount of
- RAM (e.g. 10MB on the LC/LCII) and when the limit is based on the highest-
- capacity chips available at the time (e.g. 17MB on the IIsi).
-
- >BTW: 17M sounds good. At least 1M better than my 16M limit on my fairly old 386
- >But then, when you buy a 386 or 486 today they usually have a limit of 32M or
- >64M. Don`t talk about 640K barrier. It no longer exists. I try to compare to
- >System 7 even if I can`t run it on my Mac due to incompatibilites with the
- >other software I bought together with the machine. I don`t compare to System 4
- >or 5. So if you say something can`t be done with a PC (and todays PC are 386 or
- >486 computers) you have to take into account that DOS is not the only OS for
- >PCs. If DOS doesn`t work for you, don`t bother the machine on my list had OS/2.
- >YOU DON`T HAVE TO PAY EXTRA FOR IT. IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE I TOLD YOU.
-
- One unfair tactic the PC proponents seem to use reminds me of the car
- commercials you often see on TV. They compare the speed of car A to car
- X, then compare the handling to car Y, and the interior leg room to car Z
- (where X, Y, and Z are distinct). What they don't say is that car A
- can't beat *any* of the cars on all three counts. PC proponents tend to
- say that "Windows can do this" and "DOS can do that", and "OS/2 can do
- this" (although in most cases, PC users are merely claiming equivalence
- or lower cost, and not superiority).
-
-
- Even though Windows can run DOS software and OS/2 can run Windows and DOS
- software, you can't really get all the benefits of each of these operating
- systems simultaneously. The same goes for peripherals and software.
- There may be some (large) set of 3rd-party peripherals and software that can
- match Macintosh functionality on an item-by-item basis, but if you put
- them all together you'd run out of slots or hard disk space or money, and
- you'd most likely have terrible compatibility problems. Therefore
- item-by-item comparisons between Macs and PCs -- where the Mac users are
- talking about a single, well-integrated hardware and software environment
- and the PC users are talking about a mish-mash of hardware, software, and
- even operating systems -- are not valid comparisons.
-
- --
- Steve Kanefsky
-