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From: ohrnb@edstip.EDS.COM (Erik Ohrnberger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Something else you can't do on the Mac
Summary: A real issue.
Message-ID: <818@edstip.EDS.COM>
Date: 8 Jan 90 15:13:07 GMT
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Look at it this way:
If you buy a Mac, all you'll ever run is Finder and System.
If you buy a PC compatible you have a choice, based on your needs:
DOS, Unix, Xenix, Pick, PC-MOS and a whole host of others.  If you needs
change, you can change the OS to meet the new needs.  If you have a Mac,
and your needs change, you'll have to make System and Finder meet
the need, or replacing both with something that works.  If you try to
make System and Finder meet your needs, it may or may not work.

If I have a 386 PC clone, and need to get into Multi-User OS, I just by
some memory, some disk, and some software.  The Mac will never get to
a multi-user level. 

The point is not that you can run multi-user OS on the PC.  The point is that
I have some alternatives, while I percieve none on the Mac side.

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	Erik Ohrnberger
	"Be nice to me, I'm still a Net Virgin!"
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