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- From: mauritz_c@spcvxb.spc.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Mac OS vs. TOS (was Re: Falcon Graphics
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.005733.3791@spcvxb.spc.edu>
- Date: 7 Sep 92 04:57:33 GMT
- References: <1992Aug25.124510.2938@aber.ac.uk> <5pyyc3q@rpi.edu> <Bu1Dyu.IA0@gp <10190@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>
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- In article <10190@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>, warwick@cs.uq.oz.au (Warwick Allison) writes:
- > rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins) writes:
- >
- >> But don't forget, a command-. would have canceled that dialog box
- >>so you wouldn't have had to reboot.
- >
- > Ah, but of course! Command-. why didn't I think of that logical keysequence :
-
- Granted, the Mac operating system has its quirks (don't they all?), but
- I think you will have a hard time showing that its quirkiness comes close
- to rivaling that of TOS. The ease of use and the standardized menu of
- most applications is probably one of the main reasons that the Mac
- clobbers the Atari line in sales of machines in spite of the huge
- price differential (actually the price differential is narrowing
- quickly).
-
- For example:
-
- In today's New York Times, there is an ad from J&R Music World
- for a Mac Classic II for $1199. For that you get:
-
- 68030-16mhz mpu
- 4mb RAM
- 40mb hard disk
- keyboard
- (hi rez mono monitor built in)
-
- That is $400 more than the indicated price of the Falcon and for
- that extra money you get 3mb more RAM, monitor, hard disk, and
- stable system software. ...not to mention the thousands of software
- titles available off the shelf (instead of hunting all over town for
- a music store with a few game titles).
-
- Regards,
-
- Chris
-