Re: TI-H: OT: And the felling blow...

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Re: TI-H: OT: And the felling blow...


Internet & Networking

     1.Windows 98 integrates flawlessly with the Internet-indows
intergrates with IE. And NOTHING else. Ridiculous, an OS does NOT need
to be dependant on the browser.

     2.Windows 98 supports Internet Channels; Mac-OS does not-  I've
seen channels. I don't want it.But yeah, this is true...

     3.Windows 98 makes Internet access powerful with Broadcast
Architecture- Interesting...but it obviously needs a few more years, so
I don't think it's all that valid.

     4.Windows file extensions allow greater control and work flawlessly
with the Internet- This is pure BS. Much as I want all my files to end
in .exe or .wav, I'd prefere to have my Mac take care of it. And the
file exchange RARELY opens on my mac. Programs are configed. to
automatically open specific files. IAnd if File Exchange DOES open, it's
to allow me to chose to open the file in any of a number of programs
which can read that type(IE JPEG VIEWER or Picture Viewer)

     5.Windows integrates with ActiveX technology, giving power to your
desktop- Hype Hype Hype

     6.Windows supports mult-linking modems; Mac-OS does not- "The
original modems could only transmit up to 2400 baud - a small text
document would take over aminute to download! " My original modem was a
300 baud, to nitpick...Anyway, this is all well and good, but my Mac
broke the 56 k wall with my cable modem. I don't need two of those, let
me tell you. Now, I spend my tiem waiting for servers, not my modem.
Telephone modems are dying, at least the standard ones, like 56k. Also,
Macs CAN do this, if they want. It just needs 3rd party software.
Windows users need to get a separate pack for this anyway.


     7.Networking is more powerful with Windows- "AppleTalk is an old
slow and inefficient format. It is not used in any professional
setting." Hmm...is NASA a "professional setting" Cuz their networks are
based on Appletalk. And Macs can connect to any network as well.
Advanced path capabilities? BULL. And I DARE you to set up a PC network,
then a Mac. Better, ask someone who has done both which is easier. This
is ridiculous.



Performance & Reliability

     8.PCs are much better at handling three-dimensional graphics &
virtual reality
     9.Windows is far more stable than Mac-OS
    10.Windows uses preemptive multitasking; Mac-OS does not- NO, IT
DOESNT! THIS IS PURE AND UTTER BULL, completely untrue.

I can't respond to all of these, I don't have time. But here's a few
things of my own.

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/9295/pc-advantage/index.html-
The page uses a QuickTime Plug for Gods' Sakes! APPLE TECHNOLOGY! The
first in Multimedia. And here's a few other facts, from a more reliable
source then this random webpage.

Things created on a Mac:
• The Windows 95 logo (created with Freehand)
• IBM's Aptiva point-of-purchase materials and the boxes they ship in
• Intel's "Flying Pentium" ads
• The graphics for Microsoft Network
• The newspaper and magazine ads for IBM, Gateway, Dell — and Microsoft
• Windows 95 packaging

Note: From "Macworld® Mac® Secrets®" by David Pogue and Joseph Schorr —
a wonderful must-have book.
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