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Subject: Re: What do I want to see in the Apple of the 90's?
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Date: 16 Dec 89 00:28:01 GMT
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From article <7614@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu>, by fellman@celece.ucsd.edu (Ronald Fellman):
> In article <1630@intercon.com> amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) writes:
>>In article <192@atncpc.UUCP>, bruce@atncpc.UUCP (Bruce Henderson) writes:

>>My "Old Boat Anchor" has:
>> - A Resource Manager, permitting (among other things) international
>>   localization *without recompilation*, including all of the system
>>   software
>> - Built-in facilities for handling non-roman writing systems and keyboards
> I can't see how most people would care about this!

You haven't programmed the Mac and you only speak English.
I see computers have had their legendary affect on your literacy.

> By the end of the summer the NeXT should have color that will blow all
> other workstations away: High speed graphics processor and
> 32bits including 8 bits transparency (alpha)

In contrast, the Mac has 32-bit QuickDraw NOW. And don't tell me it'll be
here for the NeXT at the end of summer. NeXT is notorious for missing
ship dates; they've missed the date for color before already. And don't
get me going on the beta versions of Mach...

>> - A printer that doesn't halt my machine when I print a page
> If you are worried about this, then just buy a LaserWriter IINT. That's
> what I have to do with my Mac.

Nope. You can do it with a LaserWriter (not even a Plus) and a Mac Plus.
MF makes the wait even shorter.

>> - Thousands of applications and hundreds of peripherals that I can buy off
>>   the shelf

> [ list of Mac applications ported to the NeXT, vaporware, and other
>   applications which have had implementations of their type on the Mac
>  for years. ]

> You've got to be kidding. The NeXT's interface makes the Macs look
> primitive.

Buzz. The NeXT's interface is more versatile and less consistent. Might
as well be a PC with a graphics package. Good bye, interface. Good
bye, reusability of user knowledge.

> Last time I looked, my university price for a NeXT was much cheaper than
> a comparable MacIIci. And that wasn't counting all of the free software,
> DSP chip, or R/W/optical disk.

Oh, how nice. Universities get it for dirt cheap. Sounds like Apple's deal.
It's a marketing strategy, nothing more. Do you think Jobs would throw so
much away of what he learned at Apple?

> One can also buy an Amiga for 1/2 the price of a MacSE and get
> much better hardware.

And no software, relatively speaking. And no interface consistency. And
periodic forced graphics upgrades to run new software.

> I hear that there is even a MAC emulator for it (AMAX?)

And the emulator won't run Virtual, System 7.0, and I don't think Color QD.
What a bargain.
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