Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu!sl87m From: sl87m@cc.usu.edu (The Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratification Ensemble) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future Message-ID: <1991Jun10.120109.48054@cc.usu.edu> Date: 10 Jun 91 12:01:09 MDT References: <1991Jun4.003619.3661@news.iastate.edu> <19@ryptyde.UUCP> Organization: Utah State University Lines: 47 In article <19@ryptyde.UUCP>, dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) writes: > Responding to the following: > [deleted stuff about Muck Sys 7.0] > " Finder is nothing more than a program loader. It reminds me of > the boot menu I had on my C128, or GEOS on the 64." > > The Finder is nothing more than a program loader? You DON'T use Macintosh's > (obviously), so don't make claims you can't back up. If you think the Finder > is so weak and restricting, how about we compare it to Workbench? That's a > joke. The Amiga generally has a superior OS, but the Macintosh has superior > resources and features. Of course, this follows my computing philosophy. > I'm not a speed freak, and I'm willing to sacrifice some speed for increased > functionality. More power. Power is NOT speed, and the Amiga generally lacks > a lot of it because it's not very innovative in comparison. I DO use (am forced to use) Muckintoshes, and find Finder and MultiFinder severely lacking! There are many things that we've had to give up on here at work, adding resources and features, which are a snap on my A500 at home. The Macintosh specialist here balks at my suggestions for improving through-put of manpower by saying "it just can't be done." He keeps up on Apple's lastest innovations, and we have many "state-of-the-art" [sic] Apple goodies. These are just little things that I've either put in my Amiga's startup-sequence or are integral to the machince's OS. I'm not a speed freak either (except for my serious scientific computing - we've got mainframes for that), but when I do bring my A500 up here and place it side-by- side with the Muck IIs here (or the speedy LC in the office), the clean, streamlined A500 helps me to get my tasks done while NOT having to WASTE TIME WATING for the bloody single-tasking OS. No matter how easy to install or even useful a Muck resource or init is, I still waste valuable time sitting in my chair pondering the meaning of life while the Muck gets my task done. My numerous suggestions of getting Amigas are put down as "not an option," even though the same people is continually ASTONISHED at what the machine can do for PRODUCTIVITY of PEOPLE. I always get "oohs" and "aahs" from co-workers, my bosses, and people under me as they vie for time on my A500. But whenever anybody suggests to the people with the purse that Amigas would be perfect, they get told "Don't be rediculous." james #include #include