Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Path: utzoo!utstat!philip
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: Apple II / Mac discusson (was:Re:Official"No New Apple II's")
Message-ID: <1990Nov4.023506.20345@utstat.uucp>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 90 02:35:06 GMT
References: <9624.apple.net@pro-angmar>
Organization: Statistics, U. of Toronto

In article <9624.apple.net@pro-angmar> kgreen@pro-angmar.UUCP (Kevin Green) writes:
>In-Reply-To: message from unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU
>
>Unknown, 
> Aside from better resolution, the Mac can multitask. Processor speed is
>higher. Numerous other little things that you find out about looking at Mac
>magazines. 

I like the Mac. I use them a lot. I use the GS a lot. I use a NeXT now a
lot. So what's the point? The GS and the Mac BOTH do not multitask, unless
you are referring to A/UX. It is time that Mac users realize that MultiFinder
is not a multitasking OS. Many qualified people( who know a lot more than I
do about computing) have been pointing that out to Mac fiends for years.
What will it take for them to listen?

The Mac uses the Motorolla which is better and faster, it has a better
resolution but try looking at the ownership costs. Your nifty little things
in MacWeek,MacWorld,etc...are not inexpensive. One last thing. The Mac sound
does not compare to the GS's Ensoniq.

All of this does not mean that the Mac should not be considered a very
nice computer. It is. At the moment, it caters to the business world and
other groups who do not have to pay for software, peripherals,etc...from
their own pocket.

>HOWEVER - It is not my intention to glorify the Mac over the //gs or any other
>platform. Each has its own uses/advantages/disadvantages. I personally think
>that most of the nifty software that the the Mac has can and should be ported
>to the //gs.

Yes I think we will see more Mac utilities appearing on the GS. As the GS
approaches the Mac, I would hope that Apple sees fit to bring out a MacGS
while cutting the GS pricing substantially. It should be cut in half now.
Apple should bring out a MacGS of types as soon as possible. Time is short
and Intel is not standing still.

Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto->philip@utstat.toronto.edu
[my very own opinions]