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From: dinda@cat59.cs.wisc.edu (Peter Dinda)
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Subject: Re: give me solid facts: why is the mac better than MeSsy DOS/WINDOWS
Summary: Why not just...
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Date: 28 Mar 91 18:01:15 GMT
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In article <23195@as0c.sei.cmu.edu> bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson) writes:
>separate is probably not the problem.  The other thing I like about the MAC is
>the way an application, once loaded, stays out of the way.  When I load Word or
>Excel, or Powerpoint (etc.) the MAC only displays the open document and uses
>a single command bar for all applications that are loaded.  While this was
>annoying and confusing at first (I'm a long time windows user), it does
>really make better use of the available screen display area.  With the MAC it
>is normal to have three or four applications contantly loaded and in use, where
>with windows I find 3-4 applications up simaltaneously is too cluttered and I
>spent a lot of time moving, arranging, iconizing, etc., to use the apps 
>together.  It is easy to forget that Excel or Powerpoint is loaded when using
>the MAC.  With Windows, they always chew up real estate - so I'm constantly
>loading and quiting them.  I think the MAC still leads, but windows is coming
>along.
>-- 

Simple solution:  Run your apps maximized and switch between them using
SWITCHTO on the system menu - voila: instant multifinder task list!  It is
also rather interesting that you should mention DDE, a feature Windows has
had for a number of years now and that Apple is finally getting around to 
emulating.  If you also throw IBM's raison d'etre operating system, OS/2, into
the fold, you realize that the 'space race' between Macs and PCs is quite
close.  Certainly, if you look at bare hardware, you would think PCs are
a whole new generation!

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