on 6/14/00 6:51 PM, Jim Wilson at jim@jamesdwilson.com wrote:
> Not to get technical here but I am going to do it anyway. If we are going
> to beat a dead horse let's please beat the correct one. PC is a term that
> is usually applied to mean Intel architecture based hardware. You can run
> any of a multitude of operating systems on this hardware including the
> following:
>
> Windows 3.1, 95,98, NT 3.51, NT 4.0 and now Windows 2000
> RedHat Linux
> Suse Linux
> (& other linux versions)
> Solaris 2.5,2.6, 2.7 & 8 for x86
> BeOs
> SCO Unix
> BSD Unix
> Etc.
>
> The Mac platform to my knowledge only runs one operating system -MacOS.
> (although I believe there may be a Linux distribution for the Mac hardware
> platform). All that being said to try to compare a MacOS based machine on
> Mac hardware against some version of Windows on an Intel platform is a
> little like trying to put a Chevy Suburban in the same class as a BMW M3 -
> you really need to compare apples against apples and you need to be
> specific. Do applications work easier on a Mac than they do on a Windows
> machine ? Don't know - I have used both and frankly I prefer windows. Mac
> is too dumbed down for me. Want to try to get a new piece of hardware
> working on Mac OS vs Windows? I think Windows is easier because I know the
> OS and I know where to go to fix things if they are broken. In the MacOS I
> cant even find where to go to fix the stuff.
>
> Maybe we should run competitions for Windows machine vs Macs - each
> competitor starts off with an image to modify and the first one to finish
> wins. Then you have to add the machine to a network, add a new piece of
> hardware, and crash and rebuild the machine from scratch. Sort of computer
> autox ....
>
>
> Jim Wilson
>
And let's make it clear that the Mac is the M3 and the PC is the
Suburban...just want to keep things clear for everyone.
Thanks,
Mike King
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