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From: mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Mark Interrante)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: The Lawsuit, Standardization, and Whiny DOS Users...
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Date: 28 Apr 88 12:20:08 GMT
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In article <10600@steinmetz.ge.com> desdemona!vita@steinmetz.UUCP (Mark F. Vita) writes:
 the way, MultiFinder is here *now*, it
>works, and it IS multitasking.)
>
>> runs existing software base.
>
>This is a joke, right?
>
>>Sounds like IBM might have made some strides after all.
>
>Yep, they sure have.  They're striding right along in Apple's
>footsteps. :-)
>
>Let's just make up a little score card:
>
>Things Apple did before IBM
>---------------------------
>Graphical user interface
>Mouse
>32-bit architecture
>3-1/2 disk drives
>Built-in video, disk drive controllers, clock chip, etc.
>OS capable of addressing large amounts of memory
>Multitasking

Im not so sure about the multitasking since there are many multitasking
OSs for the PC, now to add to your list:

postscript drivers
full windowing system
networking hardware and software as standard equipment
square pixels?
Apple desktop bus (a standard interface for all input devices ie. mouse, 
		   keyboard, graphics tablets, trackballs, etc.)
SCSI port  


>Things IBM did before Apple:
>----------------------------
>Open architecture (not even this if you count the Apple II...)

floating point processor capabilities on every machine


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