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From: paul@aucs.uucp (Paul Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PC's are democratic; Mac's are fascistic
Message-ID: <1989Dec19.145904.1657@aucs.uucp>
Date: 19 Dec 89 14:59:04 GMT
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>As far as I know, Quark Xpress is still strictly Mac, but nearly all
>others have been ported to the PC's.  I expect the writers to port it
>to Windows.  They would be stupid not to.

>| I doubt the Paint type programs are better.
>| I doubt the Illustration type programs are better.

>Both CorelDRAW and the MicroGrafx line are some of the hottest programs
>in this category.

I use both PCs and Macs daily and own both a PC and a Mac.  CorelDraw is
by far the best drawing program available for a PC, and while it might
have a few features that MacDraw doesn't have, CorelDraw is in general
a sad imitation of MacDraw.  And MacDraw is a low-end product.  I wanted
more power, so I switched to Canvas, and it *really* leaves CorelDraw in
the dust.  CorelDraw/Windows barely has enough memory to run on a 640K
PC and is very slow comparatively.  On my SE I can easily upgrade to
4 Megs of RAM and MacDraw or Canvas can both make use of the extra RAM.
There are definately some things that a PC can do better than a Mac, but
if I want to draw a diagram and paste it into my text document, it is
*much* easier to do this sort of thing on a Mac.  Period.  PC's might 
have more monitor choices and more graphics choices and more software,
but that doesn't mean that it makes the PC better.  In fact, all the
wierd monitor types makes software installation very messy.  On a Mac
you can have 1 SE-size screen, or 2 screens, or 1 color, or 1 Black/white,
and any software package can make full use of any monitor, any size, any
color.  On my SE I can use the little screen and my big full page display.
PCs have a long way to go to catch up with the Macintoshes far superior
graphics/program integration.  And that is an UNBIASED comment.

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