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From: aaron@jessica.stanford.edu (Aaron Wallace)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Windows/Mac flame war fuel
Message-ID: <1990Jul2.191321.23971@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 2 Jul 90 19:13:21 GMT
References: <1990Jul1.125052.7037@kth.se>
Sender: Aaron Wallace
Organization: Academic Information Resources
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In article <1990Jul1.125052.7037@kth.se> h+@nada.kth.se writes:
>About printer drivers: You drop them into the system folder.
>That's it. No configuring, no fuss.

Is this true for the non-Apple drivers as well (MacPrint)?  I mean, I'd HOPE
that Apple requires no configuration for its own printers...

>About quality problems: As far as I remember, Apple offered
>to change the troublesome Quantum drives for free. What
>286 clone manufacturer has done something similar (if they
>did, their clones wouldn't be cheap, and thus wouldn't make
>it into the comparisions made here)

Most resellers offer very good warranties (usually a year parts and labor).
Since clone shops use parts from other makers, these are frequently covered
by the maker's warranties as well--most motherboards have 1-2 year warranties
from the maker.  Yes, having Apple cover everything is nice--whether or not
it's worth the extra $$$ is not so clear...

>About incompatibilities: Programs breaking on new Apple
>computers seem to be programs written by non-mac software
>houses (i.e. ports from PC) and don't adhere to Inside
>Macintosh. THese programs generally aren't very mac-ish
>(IMHO) and aren't used by most mac users anyway.

I just broke MacPaint and Superpaint on a IIfx.  I don't recall the Windows
versions of these.  Didn't MacPaint have problems on the Mac II a few years
ago as well?  Or is Claris a non-Mac software house (I've heard they're going
to make some Windows stuff...)
>						h+

Aaron Wallace