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From: chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.games,comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Mac and Amiga (Games--Macintosh vs A500)
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Date: 14 Mar 91 20:45:02 GMT
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cs220x2a@ducvax.auburn.edu (CS220X) writes:
>3)  Apple comes out with more innovative products than any other computer 
>company.  What company has slashed prices like Apple?  What company has 
>introduces new models almost every single year?  Face it, Apple is on the 
>cutting edge.  Yes, it needs to add a graphics coprocessor, but considering a 
>16 mhz SE/30 doing all its own graphics can outpreform a 20 mhz 386 running 
>Windows with a separate processor, it's obvious Apple does some amazing 
>technology tricks.
>
>Finally, let's move this debate to some other conference...say the Mac 
>miscellaneous or the Amiga advocate.  Just tell me where it goes, because 
>those who flame the Mac the most are those who don't use them much.
>
>Wade Williams
>cs220x2a@ducvax.auburn.edu

Wrong!  the people who flame the mac most are people that use it quite often
AND use other computers as well.  I use a Mac daily in my duties as Editor of
a local magazine, i edit, typeset, keyline, the whole nine yards.  while i
admit that the support for outline fonts in the OS is a definate advantage,
it's the ONLY advantage.  The interface is slow, clumsy, and wastes ALOT of
time.  it's attempt at multi-tasking is so unusable (at least to someone who
has REALLY used multi-tasking) that i prefer to single task with it, rather
than suffer jerky performance.  It's graphics are slow especially when you get
into 8 or 24 bits, and other than cute macro programs that i don't trust,
there is no way to automate any processes.  on our IIcx we've gone through 3
keyboards in 1 year and our dealer (computerland) tells us it's a "common
problem".  As for "slashing prices" going from outrageous to overpriced is not
what i call slashing.  you are still not getting a bang for your buck, because
cheaper to apple means just that.  CHEAP.  it took them so long to get the
production prices of the classic down so they could still make an outragos
profit.  for what it is, the classic should cost half of what it does.

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