From: Truth_Assassin@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca (Truth Assassin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: "Windoze" slow? Naah...Re: pc and mac: was RE: 486 and mac benchmar
Distribution: world
Date: 21 Dec 92 20:55:06 EDT
Organization: The QuBE BBS

Cbusch@ub.d.umn.edu (chris) Says:
>     The mac mouse appears not to be accelerated.  The mouse pointer
> didnt move as nicely as microsoft mice.  (Not to mention the mouse
> has only one button.

Well, if you want acceleration, you can adjust the speed setting in
software. It can go from very slow to very fast. Perhaps you just haven't
looked in the right place.. As for it's having 1 button, owing as the Mac
was designed with human interface in mind, and mainly for application
oriented software rather than the latest game, 1 button makes sense than 2,
or 3 or more.
 
>     The mac appears to lack a built in help system.  I was using
> mathematica and there wasnt any builtin help.

Most major software packages for the Mac have built in help. If you're
using System 7, and the application is a System 7 application, you have
such a thing known as bubble help, that will pop up help on various
commands.
 
>     If the mac is suppose to be truly a multitasking system, then
> why do you have to load multifinder on top of the mac os?

Well it isn't supposed to be a "truly multitasking system" What it is, is a
COOPERATIVE multitasking system JUST LIKE WINDOWS! System 7, is multifinder
only. System 6, lets you use single finder mode a'la DOS or a multifinder.
Apple is working on a new external, that will give it multithreading
tasking.
 
>     If macs are catching on so much then why has windows os sold
> more copies than all the macs sold?

Because, IBM people have this habit of saying, every copy sold, is a copy
used. See, Windows, is a cheap knockoff clone of the Mac interface. There
are more P.C.'s in existence than Macs today, because of the cheaper
quality components and because of the cheaper prices. You get what you pay
for, in addition, the PC's have been around longer so it makes mild sense
that a fair number of Windows software would be sold to people tired of
having to stick with DOS, while Amiga, Mac, and everyone else uses a GUI.
 
>     Why is it, that macs are only compared to pc's that are base
> models, despite the fact that very inexpensive add-ons exist for
> the pc.

News to me. As for your "inexpensive add-ons" how about support. Do they
actually work? And well, in a way you answered your own question. Base macs
compared against base P.C.'s.. not base Macs compared against loaded
P.c.'s.. is it Apple's fault if so and so does not ship certain systems
with "standard" features such as built in networking, etc.?
 
>     If the mac was so successful, then why was apple so eager to be
> friends with ibm.
 
Thought it was the other way around. IBM wanted Apple's software, Apple
wanted IBM's money and some tech.
 
>     Why hasnt motorola keep up to pace with intel with product
> design?
 
They have. Motorola 68040 is more powerful and efficient than Intel's 486.
Remember, the P5 is not out, and neither is the 68060 so you can't really
"keep pace" based on vaporware promises by companies. Remember, Strike
Commander has been advertised for years now, and no show yet.
Motorola's 680x0 line of processors, except for the RISC machines, are
pretty much the de-facto standard on computer platforms including
workstations like the Sparc, etc. It's only IBM clones that use Intels
80x86 line..
 
>     If the mac was so successful, why are so many mac software
> companies porting over their apps to windows?

To make more money by widening their market.

>     If macs are designed so well, why are they now using pc-like
> keyboards?

Most computers use pc-like keyboards. Commodore 64 is an exception I
suppose.. Why are you complaining? Don't you like PC keyboards?

>     If macs are so easy to use, then why is it that in our computer
> s
> labs that macs are generally unused.  (This is very true.)

Depends. What kind of facility are you? Are you using the right software?
Are they the right machines for the job? Were they set up by incompetent
idiots? There's a lot of variables involved. Let's say your facility is a
desktop publishing facility for example.. The P.C. lab is going to be the
generally unused one. You see? It really depends.

> very confused about the big deal about macs,

If it helps any, boys have a penis and girls a vagina.

> Apparently, the only decent macs are big macs and whoppers are
> better anywaz.    

Indeed, and Karl Marx was better than Ben Franklin & Gang.
 
Later, my new friend Chris from Minnesota. Have a nice day now.

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