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From: alfter@MRCNEXT.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Scott Alfter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: My next personal computer will be a PC
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Date: 4 May 90 15:07:56 GMT
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First, isn't "PC" an abbreviation for "personal computer?"

You write,
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For $3,000, I can purchase a good 386 machine running at 20 MHZ
with 800 x 600 color graphics resolution with at last 65 MB hard
drive, a 1.2 Meg 5.25" drive, a 1.44 Meg 3.5" drive, and 1 Meg of
memory.
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Yeah--you get some no-name company you've never heard of, rather than a
reputable computer manufacturer.  You also still have the problem of the
brain-dead 80x86 processor architecture to deal with.  Why anybody would get
a machine based on such a piece of junk when 68030-based (and 65816-based :-) )
machines are available that are ten times better is beyond me.

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The IBM-PC's and Macintoshes are prone to more viruses than Apples,
due to the sheer number of machines that are out there. (At last
count, there were at least 60 viruses categorized for the IBM-PC
alone (according to McAfee)).
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PC viruses are indeed among the nastiest in existence--far worse than any
Mac virus, according to what I've heard.

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Well, what do you folks think?
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I think you're making a grave mistake.  What are you going to do with all of
your II stuff?  It'll be worthless on a MeSsy-DOS box.  Also, you've spent so
much time learning the ins and outs of your current system; you'll have a
steep learning curve made even steeper by that kludge of an OS that Microsoft
makes--be it MeSsy-DOS or Slow-S/2.  I'd avoid those machines like the plague.
If I was going to get a new computer today, it would have to be a GS.  If it
wasn't a GS for some reason, though, it sure as hell won't be a Macintosh (too
expensive) or a MeSsy-DOS box (see the above reasons)--that Amiga 3000 that
was just recently announced sounds like a pretty decent machine.  It will even
run UNIX eventually!

I also think you're going to get flamed many times in this newsgroup.  May you
live in interesting times. :-)

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