Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!gargoyle!ddsw1!tronsbox!tron1 From: tron1@tronsbox.UUCP (HIM) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: MAC ][cx appraisal Message-ID: <26102415:6237.4comp.sys.amiga;1@tronsbox.UUCP> Date: 28 Mar 90 03:01:09 GMT References: <15049@snow-white.udel.EDU> Item: 6237 by *Masked* at cunyvm.cuny.edu >Author: [Marc Barrett] > Subj: MAC ][cx appraisal [ reader beware -- sanity will no doubt be cast away ] Well, Marc , before we start this , I have an idea for the net as a whole. Can we buffer this one and for all and just put the whole MAC / AMIGA discussion in the monthly posting ??? > Iowa State just opened up a fancy new MAC lab, and I have been using Great. >one of their ][cx systems since it opened. I am very impressed with this >system. The multitasking is much better than I had been told [I have >been fed a lot of bull about MAC multitasking from fellow Amiga users] And how many DIFFERENT programs have you used with it ??? It is true that most programs will run reasonably well under MULTIFINDER. (not I say this in the same way AmigaDos 1.0 ran reasonably well). >the system is very easy-to-use, and the graphics just plain look GREAT. The system is easy to use true. Then again, workbench gives you all the same abilities. If you don't want the CLI , don't use it. The user interface graphics do look good. On the other hand , I have changed the way the workbench looks anyway so mine looks ok too. > Let's face it: the Amiga, the way it currently is, is in depserately >in need of a total facelift. The Amiga looks kludgy, feels kludgy, and >just plain IS kludgy. Everything about the Amiga looks and feels >kludgy. The Amiga suffers from too much UNIX-itis kludginess, and far Actually , this is not really MAC/AMIGA now , this is POWER_USER/USER . There are things you can do on an Amiga (regarding the OS only for a minute) that can't be done on a MAC. Period. >too little professionalism. The Amiga's interlaced graphics is alo >a sore spot. Without a flicker-fixer, the Amiga's graphics are Actually , about 2 years ago I got a "FlickerMaster" , 4 peices of velcro , a polorizer and POOF , I havent worried about flicker since. (of course , it never got to me much.) >screen graphics [in which a screen graphics is a constant exact point >size in height and width] to the fonts [which are drawn in accordance >to point size and not pixel size like on the Amiga] and to the graphical Hmmm.. I will debate that 1:1 screen ratio. Now that macs can use MultiSync monitors the actual PIXELS should be a rectangular as everyone else's right ? >user-interface [all windows have shadows, the background screens are >always pattern-dithered, if multiple icons and menu-selected the >resulting windows are neatly stacked with each one just up&left of the >one in front of it, etc...]. I like the window stacking thing. But to be honest , I like the X-Windows method (when a window opens, you PLACE it with the mouse.) Shadows and patterns are beneath discussion -- having have them for a year or more myself. > The graphics capabilities adhere neatly to this professionalism. >Although the ][cx, in spite of its speed, does not have near the >animation capbility of the Amiga, I have found that 95% of operations Ok, so NOT having an ability makes something professional ? >use static graphics, anyway. This is why those $150 SuperVGA cards >for the IBM [with 1024x768x256-color graphics -- my upstairs neighbor Good trick. Ill take 2 - but check the specs , are you SURE all 256 colors in that mode ?? I doubt it >MAC's ability to display 256 colors out of 16 Million makes its >graphics look all the more professional. True. > There are also other areas which the Amiga can't even touch. >Such as built-in networking on ALL MAC models [very, very important >in an environment such as a lab or classroom. This is one of the Is this actually correct , do ALL macks have a dedicated network port ?? or is it an adapter to another style port. ALL model amigas can be expanded with slots/add on cards on a bus. **************************************************************************** Doubtful Mormon Meta-physicists Cowed: Startling New Proof Of Life After. Everything I say is Copr. 1990, except the stuff I stole from someone else and the stuff I don't want responsibility for. Kenneth J. Jamieson: Xanadu Enterprises Inc. "Professional Amiga Software" UUCP: tron1@tronsbox.UUCP BEST PATH ---> uunet!tronsbox!tron1 Sysop, Romantic Encounters BBS - (201)759-8450 / (201)759-8568 ****************************************************************************