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From: davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Some MAC and Amiga Comparisons.
Summary: Amiga DOES have these
Message-ID: <1990Oct19.233534.14472@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 19 Oct 90 23:35:34 GMT
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In article <16885@thorin.cs.unc.edu> mueller@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Carl Mueller) writes:
>Gee, I could start making a list of things where the Mac has advantages
>over the Amiga (standard file requestors; icons that don't take forever
>to appear and stay where they're put without specifically being told;
>oops!  I'm starting!), but that would make me just like Marc Barrett!
	1) AmigaDOS 2.0 HAS standard file requesters (that look and work better
		than Mac file requesters), along with font requesters and
		standard gadget libraries that make it easy to use and enhance
		all of the above in a standardized manor. Please don't compare
		outdated operating systems like AmigaDOS 1.x to other products.
		That would be like comparing Unix to CP/M. AmigaDOS 1.x is
		no longer supported, and even though (most) people are still
		using it, It is certain that future machines will come with
		2.0.

	2) I (and many other people) do not consider icons staying where you 
		drop them without telling them to to be a feature. I frequently
		drag an icon out of the way of something else, and would not
		like to have that position remembered unless I tell it to.
		AmigaDOS 2.0 even has a "snapshot all" option that will
		remember the location of all the icons in a window and the
		window itself.

	3) My icons never took a long time to load, as I never had more than
		a few files in any directory that wan't intended for workbench
		use. If you tried to keep 300 files in one directory on a
		Mac I think you would find the directory quite slow.

I could come up with many problems that the Mac has, like: Files that get
stuck in your system file, and require an editor to expunge and gobble up
memory whether you use them or not (like fonts), like the number of fonts
limitation, like needing to edit your system file to add more fonts
(oops, got to stop MultiFinder to change that file again). Like no real
multitasking, like...

			Dave
>Remember, it's the computer made for idiots.  And there are hordes
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>of idiots, uhh, I mean 'average people' out there buying computers.
>(I guess I sound a bit elitist here.  Sorry about that!)
	(I just liked that line :-)