Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.advocacy:4875 comp.sys.mac.system:7885 Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.system Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!metahawk From: metahawk@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Wayne G Rigby) Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future) Message-ID: Nntp-Posting-Host: aix01srv.aix.rpi.edu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY References: <1991Jun27.005059.11450@neon.Stanford.EDU> <1991Jun27.033737.19606@neon.Stanford.EDU> <1991Jun27.154807.28286@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> Date: 29 Jun 91 04:16:35 GMT Lines: 40 In article <1991Jun27.154807.28286@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu writes: > >Admittedly, you get the same "functionality" of screen-flipping with >the Hide feature in System 7. But the multiple virtual screens >provide more apparent room. It's hard to quantify, but it is my >opinion (as someone who's used both Macs and Amigas) that being able >to flip or drag "virtual" screens is more useful than app hiding. I >mean, let's be honest here. I know -I'd- rather have more screen >space - virtual -or- real. As an observation from someone who doesn't own an Amiga or a Mac, but who has played with both for a while, including AmigaDOS 2.0 & System 7.0, I find the Amiga multiple screens much more convenient than the Macintosh's flat display. The Amiga's WorkBench can do anything the Mac's desktop can, and it has the ability to have more such screens behind it, especially with 2.0's public screens. The Mac just has the one screen that you see, whereas an Amiga has several that reach back deeper into the monitor and can be slid around like HUGE windows (each with its own command bar) to give a more 3D effect to the workspace. It IS much like working with several different papers at a real desk, except these pages are much more powerful and interactive than the average sheet of paper. >Hey, to the folks who were talking about AmigaDOS 2.0 - is that thing >out of beta yet? I saw a beta about a year ago, and was -very- >impressed. It was supposed to out RSN back then... :-( Where have you been? It's been out of beta for a long time. They're already up to 2.03, and developers have 2.04. >--- >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: "Shoot him now! Shoot him now!" - Daffy Duck, "Rabbit Seasonings" "Hello? Is there anybody in there? Wayne Rigby "Just nod if you can hear me." Computer and Systems Engineer - Pink Floyd (A delightful blend of EE and CS) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Yes, C-128's still live! metahawk@rpi.edu