From: david@ariane.cam.org (David Lebel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: REAL FALCON 030 SPECS
Date: 3 Oct 92 22:05:44 GMT
Organization: Ariane Development Group (aka. SilverBox Development Group)
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith

In article <u894776.717808655@bruny> u894776@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (James McCoull) writes:

> Finally!  Someone on this group who isnt saying that having a well designed
> OS is good enough - you need a usable OS as well.
>
> Lets face it - some people bought STs merely because lots of software
> ran better on an ST than an Amiga.  Better - as in faster and more usable.
> Compare a minimum configuration A500, versus an ST or Archimedes, or even
> an old 8 bit machine like the BBC Microcomputer.  Which machine is the least
> usable - which machine has the slowest [perceived] disk accesses, which machine
> has the most awkward and ugly GUI?

   Listen,  I  beg  to  differ here.  Don't talk me about the Archimedes, I
don't  even care for something I *CAN'T* buy *RIGHT* now, without importing
the  thing  from  UK  myself.  In short, the Archimedes is not available in
Canada, and has never been.  As for the ST?  The user base is so small here
in Quebec that you can even include it in a "which one I will buy" list.

   The most awkward and ugly GUI?  HEEEEY!  Do you tell me here that GEM is
nicer  than  Workbench  2.0?   Where  do  you buy your drug?  This greenish
screen make me sick.

   Awkward?   GEM  doesn't  even allow two simultaneous windows of the same
drive in the same time without useing third-parties solutions (like NeoDesk
or  NewDesk).   Workbench is one of the most friendly interface and is easy
to  use.   Not as easy as the Mac's Finder, but it doesn't hide you as much
as  Finder.   Gadtools.library help uniform software interfaces and provide
generic tools to the programmers.  Where can I buy a "style-guide" book for
the  ST/Falcons?  At least, Commodore has done something on this field, and
the  RKM  series is one of the most comprehensive and useful computer-brand
specific  availables (and I've saw many of them).  Inside Macintosh doesn't
even  compare; they are all messed up, topics are merely assembled together
and  you  almost have to browse all seven to find a particular information.
Multi-platform programmers will understand me here.

   Intuition  is  awkward?  Have you ever programmed an Amiga in your silly
life?   Sure not.  Programming a user interface with it is a piece of cake.
You just create the windows, the gadgets, the menus, then wait for messages
regarding them from Intuition.  On the Macintosh, you must check everything
yourself.    There's   no   GADGETUP  on  the  Macintosh.   You  receive  a
mouse-click;  find  where  the  user  clicked, highlight the gadget, and do
whatever  you have to do with it.  Chance most compiler comes with toolkits
already made to ease the programmer's life.  However, all this dumb code is
linked  into the program itself.  Never wonder why they have so much memory
needs?

   Forget Amiga OS 1.3.  It's no longer supported by Commodore.  2.0 is out
since more than 1 year and an half now.

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