Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!midway!zaphod!francis From: francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: give me solid facts: why is the mac better than MeSsy DOS/WINDOWS Message-ID: Date: 10 Mar 91 07:17:38 GMT References: <130@s5000.rsvl.unisys.com> <4252@gmdzi.gmd.de> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Distribution: comp Organization: Mathematics Department, University of Chicago Lines: 26 In-Reply-To: strobl@gmdzi.gmd.de's message of 9 Mar 91 03:47:31 GMT In article <4252@gmdzi.gmd.de> strobl@gmdzi.gmd.de (Wolfgang Strobl) writes: [...] interface to the video hardware doesn't use DOS at all. It may be handicapped by the fact that the actually used video hardware wasn't designed for a GUI, but this has nothing to do with DOS, isn't Windows fault, is not very dependant on the speed of the CPU, and can be changed quite easily by replacing the video hardware. Ah, but *all* Macs have video hardware designed for the Mac GUI! I believe that Windows in fact helps selling Macs, by giving much more people the opportunity to switch to and recognize the advantages of a decent GUI. Hmm. I see the reasoning--but do you know if this actually happens? I can see somebody not wanting to switch GUIs.... -- /============================================================================\ | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | Until you stalk and overrun, | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | you can't devour anyone. -- Hobbes | \============================================================================/