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From: leoh@hardy.hdw.csd.harris.com (Leo Hinds)
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Subject: Re: Mac Vs. Windows? (sorry)
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Date: 11 May 91 03:32:14 GMT
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In article <1991May10.183738.15661@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu writes:
>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.  

Sorry, but I can't help be a little sarcastic when I say ... give Mr Gaynor 
a prize ... he has (finally) realized windows IS NOT AN OS !!! ... 

I wish uSoft had done the job right & made it an OS (starting to sound like 
os2 ?!?) ... but for the moment we will have to love with what (little) we have.

>                   But it is still layered on top of DOS, and all its
>limitations.  (memory, device handling, file names, ad nauseum)

But it tries to do the best it can.  It has (amongst other things) 
"legitimalized" 386 extenders ... of course they had to do it differently than 
the already accepted ways) ... 

>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.  

Far be it for me to say windows is not slow (the people at uSoft tech support
were themselves surprised at how slowly my 20MHz DX w/2MB, 135MB disk system, 
running ATM with >150 fonts) would go through the basic steps of working 
with printers on the control panel.  I would like however to point out that 
the Mac 9" b/w screen requires less video manipulations to redraw the entire 
screen (512*384*1=196,608 bits=24,576 bytes) than the 16 color vga 
(640*480*4=1,228,880 bits=153,600 bytes) ... 6.25 times as much to be exact 
... at least compare apples with apples :-) ( I din't really say that, did I?!)



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