Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!tellab5!vpnet!vpnet!akcs.gregc From: akcs.gregc@vpnet.chi.il.us (*Greg*) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: A sad day... Message-ID: <27dc15b6-a2e.5comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc-1@vpnet.chi.il.us> Date: 12 Mar 91 02:55:03 GMT References: <46878@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Lines: 36 [Flame ON!] Considering all this "tough talk" from both sides. All I can say is; "Mac stole Xerox Star".. In my view. So, now that Mac will lose business in the future because of Windows, tell Mac to remember Xerox! And tell Mac to remember reasonable prices! I can get an PC 20 MHz 386 for around $2000.00 that would do the job. I can also expand on this PC hardware wise-to my hearts content. While a Mac IIcx would cost me $4000.00 or more. And if I have to do DTP as a living, add another $4000.00. (Saving money is important here). Everybody knows that IBM is a business machine. The PC world is going places because it's doing alot more than Macs. Mac is now infiltrating Educational markets to beat PC's in the future. So the "kids" of today will remember "Macs" tomorrow. Macs do a nice job. There is alot you can say about a Mac. But at what price. PC's have evolved much faster than Macs. Unix was around far longer than Mac OS. Even Ms DOS was around a LONG time. CP/M is going way back and since then, the struggle has accompished a bunch of speedy multitasking systems. Such as OS/2 and Unix. I've got more alternatives with the PC and it costs much less! So, with this view, I hope Mac doesn't beat Microsoft. The Mac is still slow in it's Operating System. You'd have to buy a $6000.00 - $15,000 dollar machine to do the same performance as PC hardware. I can get a fast 33MHz 386 that will intergrate software and hardware for $4000.00. And this will blow the doors off comparable Macs. With the newest Macs, it's different. They are fast enough. But again, at what price. And how much storage can you fit in em? The choice is clear. I hope that Mac will lose it's pants. [Flame off] ____ \GC/ Greg Clawson \/ Chicago IL. - The heart of America