Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!munnari!basser!metro!ipso!runx!baron From: baron@runx.OZ (Jason Haines) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Survey on Future Macintosh Architec Message-ID: <988@runx.OZ> Date: Sat, 12-Apr-86 01:00:05 EST Article-I.D.: runx.988 Posted: Sat Apr 12 01:00:05 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Apr-86 05:15:32 EST References: <245@ccnysci.UUCP> <300003@kran> <12850@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: RUNX Un*x Timeshare. Sydney, Australia. Lines: 53 >>A better way to phrase the above would be: >> >>If the business market has been lost to IBM, it is entirely due to their >>own (the business market's) stupidity. An IBM PC can do everything a Mac >>can if you're willing to pay the bucks for the add ons and put up with the >>inconsistancies between software packages. But a smart businessman will >>say, "Look, for the price of this AT, I can buy two Mac Pluses and achieve >>the same functionality but double the productivity." But we know there >>is a lot more conservative businessmen than smart innovative businessmen > >Ah yes, but price per function is not the dominating factor in business >choices. It is service from vendor followed by stability of developed >applications (i.e., if I buy a system and develop an applicatmon on it, >will the equipment be supported three months or three years from now??? > ). The reason why IBM is dominant is >not their obsolete, expensive technology, it is that (a) you can get >help from IBM and (b) they make every effort to provide upward compatibility. Apple Computer's strength is that it is capable of designing better solutions, instead of saying "Well, more businesses use IBM, let's provide the same". In response to : a) The key to the mac is that you don't to know about the machine, you don't have to know how to plug in this or that. As for software, distributors and dealers provide help over the phone, or will call at your office to solve any problem (there aren't that many problems). b) Upward compatability is VERY good with Macintosh, the Development Guidelines ensure that programs' user interfaces are the same, minimising the the waste of time involved in adapting to differing levels of user friendliness (with IBM's - read 'hostility'). This time is an important consideration for any good businessman, as that wasted time is money lost. I think that if business doesn't want Macintosh, then that's no great loss. The future in computing is increased power in the personal computer, because people will be doing more at home. Consequently, more people will be buying powerful micros like Macintosh as opposed to bulky IBM crap. /* Jason Haines * ElecEng Undergraduate * 73 Davidson Avenue * Concord NSW 2137 * AUSTRALIA * * STD: (02) 73-4444 * ISD: +61 2 73-4444 * ACSnet: baron@runx * CSNET: baron@runx.oz * ARPA: baron%runx.oz@seismo.css.gov * JANET: runx.oz!baron@ukc * UUCP: {enea,hplabs,mcvax,prlb2,seismo,ubc-vision,ukc}!munnari!runx.oz!baron */