Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.misc:11933 comp.windows.ms:12576 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!psuvax1!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu!agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu!GAYNOR From: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Mac Vs. Windows? (sorry) Message-ID: <1991May10.183738.15661@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> Date: 10 May 91 18:37:38 GMT References: <1991May10.135518.5538@world.std.com> Sender: news@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu (Usenet news) Reply-To: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Distribution: usa Organization: Ohio Cooperative Extension Service Lines: 46 Nntp-Posting-Host: agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu In article <1991May10.135518.5538@world.std.com>, hal@world.std.com (Harry A Levinson) writes: >I am afraid to ask this because I don't want to start a roaring >fire of flames but... >My impression of Windows are: > >1. It has tryed to impose a GUI environment where it does not quite fit. > As a result computer novices take longer to learn how to use a Windows > machine than a Mac. However once acquainted with Windows both environments > provide similar capabilites. I agree that Windows doesn't quite fit. After having used it on a day-to-day basis for the past 6 months, I'm convinced that it's a shell, not an OS. Now, granted, it's one hell of a shell, adding numerous new capabilities to the operating system, especially in the area of graphics. But it is still layered on top of DOS, and all its limitations. (memory, device handling, file names, ad nauseum) >2. Adding applications and peripherals is easier (for a novice) on the Mac. Adding an application still requires an often-lengthy "install" process (although more Mac applications need to be "installed" these days), and files such as CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, WINDOWS.INI, and the like often need to be modifies and tweaked by hand. Then you still have to install the icon in a Windows group. (One of my biggest complaints - the Program Manager has -no- relation to disk structure or even to real files. It's just a bunch of pointers.) >3. It seems to take more Intel machine to get the same response as a Mac. I've got an IBM PS/2 model 30 on my desk (10 Mhz 286, 16 color VGA, 2 MB RAM, 20 MB HD), and it runs Windows programs significantly slower than a Mac Plus (8 Mhz 68000, 9" b/w screen, 1 MB RAM, 20 MB HD) runs comparable programs. (Windows Write - MacWrite II, Terminal - Red Ryder, Windows Paint - Canvas). And here I thought that the '286 machines were supposed to be similar in response to '020s. (Gross oversimplification). In the end, IMHO, Windows doesn't compare to System 6.0x. System 7.0 will make the comparison even worse. However, Windows 3.0 is the best thing going for MS-DOS machines at the time being. --- Jim Gaynor - AgVAX System Manager - Academic Computing - Ohio State University VMS: UNIX: Disclaimer : All opinions expressed here are mine and only mine. So there! Witty Quote: "Think, think, think, think..." - Winnie-the-Pooh, Taoist Bear.