student@covax.co.iup.edu (student) (03/04/91)
At the risk of being incinerated, I post my humble opinions regarding
the Mac. I have used a Classic, but I've upgraded to an A500, and I must
say the upgrade was similar to switching from my Commodore 16 to a 386
VGA PC. The Mac was slow, kiddie-like, and prone to crashes. The only
programs I used were MacPain and MacWrite, which were both a royal
annoyance to work with. MacPaint was quite like my Etch-A-Sketch, while
MacWrite was even slower than my C16 wordprocessor in printing and inserting
text. The cost of Mac programs and accesories is ridiculously high and
surely not justified. Its graphics and sound were laughable, and I did
laugh a lot at the graphics demos that came with BASIC. I might as well
draw the shapes myself--probably would be faster.
Forgive me for posting this message... I know it's unnecessary, as
I probably won't change anybody's opinions about his machine, but I
thought I'd relate some of my Mac experiences.
Carlos
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