From: kdang@hobbes.next.com (Kevin Dang)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Re: [news] A plug for Macintosh Quadra
Date: 7 Apr 92 01:44:21 GMT

In article <64728@apple.Apple.COM> antoine@Apple.COM (Antoine Duong)  
writes:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> In the April 92 issue of Byte, Jerry Pournelle goes through his  
annual User's
> Choice Awards.  He goes through a number of items such as upgrade  
boards, video
> boards, printers, etc (all DOS-based).  Under System of the Year he  
writes the
> following.
> 
> ---
> System of the Year
> I like Windows and big 486 systems, but as time goes on, I get more  
attracted to
> Apple's Mac way of life.  I had little use for the original 128-KB  
Mac, which I
> thought was an overpriced toy, but that was a long time ago.  Since  
then, Macs
> have been greatly improved, and I note that many users who don't  
know or care
> what's going on inside a computer are able to sit down at a Mac and  
get a lot of
> work done.
> 
> One defect the Apple system had until this year was the lack of a  
decent
> portable. But that has been fixed with the PowerBooks.
> 
> Apple's System software was elegantly integrated, but MultiFinder  
did odd things
> and unexpectedly brought down the system at very inconvenient  
times. That, too
> was remedied this year.
> 
> A large orchid to Apple: System 7 is great, and the Mac Quadra 900  
is wonderful.
>  I don't count it a defect of the Quadra 900 and System 7.0 that  
some older
> software won't run properly: Apple has been telling people for  
years that you
> must not write self-modifying code.  Apple's programming standards  
are published
> and clear, for which Apple deserves yet another orchid.  Two cheers  
for shipping
> machines like the Quadra 900 and the Mac Classic II with only 2MB  
of memory when
> System 7.0 takes up more than half that, but that's a minor  
quibble.
> 
> I think that the Quadra 900 and System 7.0 are a giant step forward  
for computer
> users and now set the new standard for productivity - as well as  
being a lot of
> fun to use.  The Chaos Manor User's Choice Award for Machine of the  
Year goes to
> the Quadra 900.
> ---
> 
> Help spread the word.

Have you tried a NeXT machine lately?

Tha`nh

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