Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ucbvax!LSUVM.BITNET!$CSD211 From: $CSD211@LSUVM.BITNET (Mark Orr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Apple II / Mac discusson Message-ID: <9011121622.AA24885@apple.com> Date: 12 Nov 90 16:05:59 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 38 >Good point, but I really wouldn't want a true text only mode on the >Mac anyhow. Getting away from all kinds of different 'modes', >whether it be text/graphics or different resolutions is a very good >thing in my opinion. The world of IBM PCs is the worst for all its >'modes', but the Apple II world is pretty confusing too for the >novice. (Not that I'd want to run an Apple IIe in a graphic only >mode or anything like that.) The worst thing about PC's???? It's the BEST thing about PC's... Competition has given PC's the edge over II's and Mac's in terms of graphic performance...EGA (which is now passe as far as PC's are concerned) is a higher resolution than can be had on a Mac (not Mac II's though), Amiga (not 3000 and not interlaced mode) and a GS. VGA can only be equaled by a Mac II (even there it's reeelly slow). A few months ago in BYTE magazine, there was a comparison of the video performance of a Mac II, and a Compaq Deskpro 386 w/ VGA and with TIGA boards...The Compaq smoked the Mac in all areas (it was a review for the Radius Quickcad display list processor - a $1500 coprocessor board to enhance CAD performance - with the board, the Mac could only equal the Compaq w/VGA, and it couldn't touch the Compaq w/TIGA boards (TI 34010s and 34020s) and the board only works for line drawing applications such as CAD.) Sure there are some compatibility problems but it's nothing to worry about...all PC's quickly upgrade to the new standard. Competition forces companies to produce better quality products rather than work within existing limitations...if anything, the graphics options are why PC's have taken the technological lead from Apple. This is why I like Todd Whitsel's idea (though it is not exactly new) of including a video direct slot in any future II's (even though we all know there won't be any). >Les_Ferch@mtsg.ubc.ca ------------------------------ ! Mark Orr ! ! $CSD211@LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU ! ------------------------------