Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!unido!gmdzi!strobl From: strobl@gmdzi.gmd.de (Wolfgang Strobl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: give me solid facts: why is the mac better than MeSsy DOS/WINDOWS Message-ID: <4172@gmdzi.gmd.de> Date: 28 Feb 91 17:33:20 GMT References: <91.056.16:01:18@ira.uka.de> <672@newave.UUCP> Organization: GMD, Sankt Augustin, F. R. Germany Lines: 54 john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III) writes: >In article <91.056.16:01:18@ira.uka.de> s_czempin@irav1.ira.uka.de writes: >> I'm for the mac, but I keep losing arguments. >PC users cite statistics and benchmarks, Mac users actually use their >computers. >> So I have decided to be really thorough: I will start the COMPLETE LIST >> OF REASONS WHY THE MAC IS BETTER THAN PC COMPATIBLES. >1. Macintoshes are cheaper (when comparing similar name brand machines) Sure. If you don't care how much you pay, they are cheaper ;-) >2. Macintoshes are more powerful >3. Macintoshes are more expandable & versitile (more standard plugs and >network connectors on the back of the box) >4. Apple does not charge for the boot disk >5. Apple Credit Card (what more needs to be said) These reasons may be sound for true believers, but are hard to understand for non-believers. What is "more powerful"? Who charges for what boot disk? What is an "Apple Credit Card"? >6. The Mac does not require you to type "MODE COM1:12,N,8,,P" PCs don't, either. >7. Apple gives you a totally cool manual that nobody ever reads >8. The PC cannot run Mac, PC, Unix, and Apple II programs all at the same time PC's can't run Mac programs mainly because Apple bundles hard- and software. Emulating the Mac on a PC would require either stealing the ROMs or buying them from Apple - if Apple would sell them. But Apple doesn't. Emulating a PC on a Mac is simple: buy the BIOS technology from one of the companies selling PC BIOSes, buy MSDOS from Microsoft, write a 80x86 emulator and put the three things together. Having second sources for all the parts of a system is a Good Thing, in my opinion. >9. Multitasking, multitasking, multitasking (no, Windows does not count) Why does the fact that Windows has the better multitasking not count? >10. Net-Bunny and all of the other really net stupid Mac tricks Bahnhof. (Sorry, German slang: I don't understand what you are talking about). Wolfgang Strobl #include