--- Powermac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think what makes a Mac a Mac is the tightly
> integrated OS used. My
> favorite Macs are of course the 68k ones, back when
> Apple spent allot of
> effort on hardware design and not just marketing.
> 68K's had a decent GUI,
> hardware was PnP, Nubus was faster then ISA, ram
> could be expanded much more
> then x86 machines, A/V was common, built in SCSI,
> ADB worked well, serial
> ports screamed, networking built in, etc. The latest
> Macs are x86 clones
> with a PPC G5 put in to be different.. well that had
> to go to.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I can't see anyone successfully marketing a pricey PC
that runs Mac OS X, which is what we'll wind up with
when Mac goes Intel.
What a Mac is was the machines from the Plus to the G4
pre-OS X. The Sixes to the Nines. Astonishing GUI.
Useability. Right software, written so well it fits
right in today.
Set up a Classic or a Quadra. You get a sense that the
programmers really were interested in quality in the
OSes and programs.
Mac is/was NOT Windows. Mac is MacOS. Different.
Artistic. Graphic. Easy.
Sigh. I guess not anymore.
That really will make the older Macs and their
accessories and softwares worth more.
When this tree falls in the forest, EVERYONE will hear
it.
Jeff G
Facere Compositio Ex Congeries
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