on 3/11/04 9:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> People talk about how Apple lost their >> market share and wut not, but, for this out dated architecture to still be >> around means that a lot of people somewhere liked something about it, and >> not just a little but, but enough to resist the evil temptations (until >> recently, cheap, fast, etc.). > > Same here. It's always bugged me that the so-called "standard > operating system features" listed in my college OS Design text books > in 1980 STILL don't exist on our desktops! The only OS that included > them all, AFAIK, was VAX/VMS - aka OpenVMS. The OS Design books > joked about the way Unix did things... and today Unix, with few > improvments, is the norm. It's as if the System Architects have gone > into 20 years of hibernation... :\ > > - Dan. Yeh. PC's gut the Apple market because of price. IF 800mhz. Macs running 9.2.1 were available at $300, (think VIA's newer CPU's starting price), imagine how Apple's sales would jump. I still despair at the prices, wanting a fast Mac badly. The System Architects are no longer finding it lucrative to make new OSes. Linux is close, but is taking forever to even come to a level on par with Windows 95, where drivers and system compatibility are concerned. No one pays Linux tweakers. They do it when the madness hits them. IMHO it's closely positioned to give Microsot a run if it ran a larger driver library and allowed easier changes to hardware setups. Jeff -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
