Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu!rjc From: rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life. Message-ID: <1991Apr20.211535.22777@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Sender: news@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu Organization: The Internet References: <91110.010457MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu> <1991Apr20.144115.25537@news.iastate.edu> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 91 21:15:35 GMT Lines: 27 In article <1991Apr20.144115.25537@news.iastate.edu> xgr39@isuvax.iastate.edu writes: >In article <91110.010457MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu>, MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >>Compare that to the bloated System 7 (8 disks, 4 MB RAM required, and it's >>SLOWER than System 6??). I will GLADLY wait for something that works rather >>than something bloated and inefficient rushed out the door. ...If you can >>call two years "rushing," that is. > > You pay dearly for the convenience of being able to use your O.S. >with 512K of RAM and a single floppy drive on the Amiga, too. Three of >the most important features of MC OS 7.0 are virtual memory, memory >protection, and sophisticated structured/outlined fonts. These features >are totally non-existant in Amiga OS 2.0. Funny, I didn't hear 7.0 had memory protection. It uses Multifinder. I imagine Virtual Memory would be slow on a Mac due to their slow HD interfaces. CG fonts will be coming to Amiga OS soon, however, ADOS 2.0 is a much more polished product. System 7 seems to be as bloated and slow as OS/2 from Microsoft. A usuable Mac+System 7 starts to make the NeXT look good. -- / INET:rjc@gnu.ai.mit.edu * // The opinions expressed here do not \ | INET:r_cromwe@upr2.clu.net | \X/ in any way reflect the views of my self.| \ UUCP:uunet!tnc!m0023 * /