Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!otter.hpl.hp.com!otter!ag From: ag@otter.hpl.hp.com (Ajay Gupta ) Newsgroups: comp.os.misc Subject: Re: Mac/Amiga religious war (was: Macintosh OS) Message-ID: <2760001@otter.hpl.hp.com> Date: 14 Jun 90 08:34:42 GMT References: <1990Jun9.021855.8767@wolves.uucp> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK. Lines: 32 / otter:comp.os.misc / ggw@wolves.uucp (Gregory G. Woodbury) / 3:18 am Jun 9, 1990 / In article <6567@scolex.sco.COM> seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan) writes: >In article <26637.266e6ed4@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> ac08@vaxb.acs.unt.edu writes: >>> And on the Amiga, and the NeXT, you get both. [CLI & GUI] >>And once Amiga finishes polishing theirs, it'll be a helluva system. > >Uhm, I hate to tell you this, but many people (including myself) prefer the >Amiga to the Mac. Why? It's faster, it has a "true OS," supports better >hardware, etc. > >The GUI and CLI are both superior to what the Mac offers; the CLI is better >than the Mac can *ever* offer (excluding A/UX). Unfortunately for the Amiga zelots, the maker doesn't have the wherewithal to turn it into a major player and all the good software is user contributed stuff. And the hardware support is also mostly third party. As for the Amiga GUI. Its a pretty poor GUI at best (unless they have improved the default resolution of the monitor). Unfortunately for the Mac enthusiasts, Apple is loseing its focus and costs way too much (unless you get it via a discount program). And without A/UX it doesn't really multitask worth a darn. Hmmmmmm. Sure seems pretty evenly matched. You pay your money and take your chances. -- Gregory G. Woodbury @ The Wolves Den UNIX, Durham NC UUCP: ...dukcds!wolves!ggw ...mcnc!wolves!ggw [use the maps!] Domain: ggw@cds.duke.edu ggw%wolves@mcnc.mcnc.org [The line eater is a boojum snark! ] ----------