Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: utzoo!censor!geac!itcyyz!xrtll!silver From: silver@xrtll.uucp (Hi Ho Silver) Subject: Re: Dumbest DOS in the World! Reply-To: silver@xrtll.UUCP (Hi Ho Silver) Organization: Yeah, right. Date: Mon, 21 Jan 91 00:03:16 GMT Message-ID: <1991Jan21.000316.11295@xrtll.uucp> Keywords: ms-dos, pc-dos, os References: <278e09fb-2433comp.ibmpc@point.UUCP> <15763@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc, cs161fhn@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Dennis Lou) typed: $In article <279759e7-2433.12comp.ibmpc-1@point.UUCP> akcs.bill@point.UUCP (Bill Wolff) writes: $>2) Functions well as a CLI operating system (CBM-DOS and CS-DOS) as well $> as a GUI operating system as in GEOS. $I hate GUI's. Not the best answer, Dennis; the correct answer is to point out that the PC can also be run using the CLI or GUI approach. [claims that a C128 is faster than a 386 because word processors run as well on either and he can find his way around a C128 communications program faster than for a DOS one] Indeed, a user-speed driven program such as a word processor is not at all a valid test of processor speed. I took the old BYTE benchmark suite and ran it on a number of machines, including the C64. It was not able to run one of the benchmarks, and on the others, an original IBM PC (4.77 MHz, 8088) outperformed it by a very large margin. While it can be debated as to how valid such a suite is, and how much of an influence the C compiler had, there is no question that a C64 is far less powerful than an IBM PC, and this result would also apply to the C128. Of course, if all you want to do is word processing, and you find that the C128 handles the task more effectively (according to what makes you effective) than does a 386, then by all means, use your C128. In fact, a 386 is wasted on the typical word processing task. But the capabilities of a typical 386 system far outstrip those of a C128, just as the capabilities of a Cray far outstrip those of a typical 386 system, and the most effective computer user is the one who uses the hardware and software that best suits his/her needs, as Dennis pointed out in his article. -- __ __ _ | ...!nexus.yorku.edu!xrtll!silver | always (__ | | | | |_ |_) >----------------------------------< searching __) | |_ \/ |__ | \ | if you don't like my posts, type | for _____________________/ find / -print|xargs cat|compress | SNTF