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From: chas@netcom.COM (Chuck Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: give me solid facts: Windows/Mac
Message-ID: <1991Mar28.193133.1863@netcom.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 91 19:31:33 GMT
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In my last posting I omitted the following information:

Hardware and operating systems differences were minimized.  Hardware
was configured to be as equivalent as possible, and the participants
worked only with applications.  The CLI environment was represented by
IBM-compatible PCs running DOS.  To represent the GUI environment,
Macintoshes were used in the novice test.  In the experienced-user
test, a mix of Macs and PCs using Windows were used.  There was "No
statistically significant difference in the results for the Macintosh
and the IBM-compatible PC-based GUI using Windows."

Chuck
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