Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!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: <4176@gmdzi.gmd.de> Date: 28 Feb 91 23:18:45 GMT References: <91.056.16:01:18@ira.uka.de> <12608@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1991Feb26.094426.15315@silvlis.com> <4160@gmdzi.gmd.de> <91058.234938CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu> <11628@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> Distribution: comp Organization: GMD, Sankt Augustin, F. R. Germany Lines: 35 dmittman@beowulf.JPL.NASA.GOV (David Mittman) writes: >I just read an article in ComputerWorld (sorry, no reference other than "a >recent issue") which stated that users are not rushing to the new "for >windows" versions of popular PC software. Rather, they are using windows >as a way of running multiple "character based" applications at one time. >Can we truly expect people to purchase new versions of software they >already have, just to have a common look and feel between applications on >a PC? No, we can't. Neither can we expect people to purchase new versions of hardware and software they already have, just to have a common look and feel between applications. But sometimes people buy *new* software. In this case, there is a strong tendency to buy software which actually *uses* the hardware they already have. >Also, lets remember that all Macintosh models (I think, at least most) can >run MultiFinder. To use Windows (use = speed, etc.) I believe that a '286 >machine is necessary. Apple is to be congratulated on maintaining >compatibility between system versions for applications designed to the >guidelines. All PC clones with enough memory can run Windows. For using Windows a 80286 is *not* necessary. In fact, I know somebody who uses an eight year old 4.77 MHz XT clone to write reports, using Windows-Write. Of course, in order to get decent performance, a 80286 with 1 MB is recommended. Such machines exist nearly as long as the Mac does. Finally, Windows offers similar upward compatibility between system versions. Wolfgang Strobl #include