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Article #1560Re: Macintosh
From: Joe Dery
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 00:00
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Luke Duff wrote: > >Now then, I'll put in a good word for PC's while im here. > >PC users have a choice of many operating systems: > >LINUX, DOS, DOS-Windows, Windows 95, OS/2, others. > >Macs use Macintosh system 7. Period. > >This difference has obvious implications on the number of > >software programs available for the PC, ie there are many more > >programs that can be used on the PC. > This doesn't make sense. Sure it does (see rest of message here) > The PC doesn't have more applications than the Mac because of multiple > operating system support. The PC has more because of its greater > market penetration. Yes, it has more applications for BOTH of these reasons. It has better market penetration AND more operating systems. What i really should have said in the first message is that PC's are more flexible because of these operating system options. > Besides, it's not like there are that many Linux and OS/2 programs out > there (relatively speaking of course). There are quite a few, if youre willing to look.
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