[comp.sys.mac] Something else you can't do on

gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu (01/11/90)

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> Look at it this way:
> If you buy a Mac, all you'll ever run is Finder and System.
> If you buy a PC compatible you have a choice, based on your needs:
> DOS, Unix, Xenix, Pick, PC-MOS and a whole host of others.  

Finder, Multifinder, A/UX, Minix (in a few months), Smalltalk-80 from
Parcplace (too large to run on 1Mb machines Peecess, but runs on ALL
macintoshes), MacApp, TI Explorer environment, etc...

Conclusion:  The environments for the macintoshes are much richer and
much more diverse.  The PC environments are all clones of each other,
just like the PC itself.