Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ From: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Apple System 7.0 Message-ID: Date: 14 May 89 02:13:33 GMT References: <17148@usc.edu>, <24279@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 47 In-Reply-To: <24279@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> lauac@mead.qal.berkeley.edu (Alexander Lau) writes: > Does an Amiga have inter-process communications, yes. since 1985. > built-in e-mail > features, last time I checked, e-mail was an application, not an operating system feature. > virtual memory up to 4 gigabytes, Does the Mac? Are you going to upgrade your Mac to 2 MB just so you can run the unreleased operating system that will give you virtual memory to 4 gigabytes? The Amiga will likely have virtual memory about the same time as the Mac, and like the Mac, it will only work with machines lucky enough to have 68851's or 68030's. > an optional UNIX-like > operating system yes. > and a large educational pricing campaign? No, and that truly is a problem, but the street price of Amigas is pretty affordable compared to the street price of Macs. I'm being dragged into a flame war, so I think I'll quit now. Suffice it to say that once upon a time the Mac didn't have color, an expansion bus, multitasking, and a hierarchical filing system. Once upon a time the Amiga didn't have a fast filing system, dependable printers, and a host of other things. It still doesn't have some things, such as noninterlaced video, laser printer support, a system interface as good as the Finder, and virtual memory. But things change. You have to make a buying decision based on what the machines can do today or decide how long you're going to wait for promised new features. It's no use flaming. -- Michael Portuesi * Information Technology Center * Carnegie Mellon University INTERNET: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu * BITNET: mp1u+@andrew UUCP: ...harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ MAIL: Carnegie Mellon University, P.O. Box 259, Pittsburgh, PA 15213