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- From: sm86+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stefan Monnier)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Mac OS vs. TOS (was Re: Falcon Graphics
- Message-ID: <seetrne00awYIHFX1d@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 7 Sep 92 10:22:43 GMT
- Article-I.D.: andrew.seetrne00awYIHFX1d
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- Organization: Junior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.atari.st: 7-Sep-92 Re: Mac OS vs. TOS
- (was Re:.. mauritz_c@spcvxb.spc.edu (1306)
-
- > 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)
-
- With a processing power divided by two by the small 16bits data bus !
-
- > 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).
-
- Without forgetting the GREAT 9 inches screen on which you
- just can't do anything !
-
- > Regards,
-
- > Chris
-
- Sure, the Macs are great ! and they are getting cheaper !
- but the Falcon is not that expensive !
-
- For th OS, as a user I (currently) prefer the Mac OS, but as
- a programmer I prefer the TOS with MiNT (or better, the coming
- MultiTOS) (cause of the real mulitasking, for example)
-
- Stefan Monnier
-
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