craig@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Craig Hubley) (02/13/91)
Clearly the A3000 is superior to the NeXT.
After all, the former can emulate a Mac.
Flame away,
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P.P.S. Actually, NeXTs were originally supposed to run a killer Mac
emulator, and if Apple ever licenses the toolbox they probably
still will, but I imagine this died as part of Sculley's agreement
not to sue NeXT over Jobs' raiding of Apple for employees.
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craig@gpu.utcs.toronto.EDU {allegra,bnr-vpa,decvax}!utcsri!utgpu!craigkdarling@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) (02/13/91)
craig@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Craig Hubley) writes: >Clearly the A3000 is superior to the NeXT. >After all, the former can emulate a Mac. > >P.S. :) Personally, I've always been confused about this particular "gloat"... Doesn't the fact that several kinds of machines are proud to emulate the Mac, simply demonstrate that the Mac OS is more portable, and is also desirable? In addition, couldn't a Mac user claim: "I can move from a Mac to an Amiga or ST or RISC without losing my programs, yet owners of those computers cannot move to a Mac and do the same." ?? P.S. :) :) Different viewpoint, eh? :-) kdarling@catt.ncsu.edu
n177ac@tamuts.tamu.edu (Daryl Biberdorf) (02/13/91)
In article <1991Feb13.040618.5160@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> kdarling@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes: >craig@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Craig Hubley) writes: >>Clearly the A3000 is superior to the NeXT. >>After all, the former can emulate a Mac. >> >>P.S. :) > >Personally, I've always been confused about this particular "gloat"... > >Doesn't the fact that several kinds of machines are proud to emulate the Mac, >simply demonstrate that the Mac OS is more portable, and is also desirable? First of all, the inital remark was smiley'd, so it's definitely tongue-in-cheek humor. Anyway, taking your comment seriously, the Mac OS is hardly portable. Every Mac emulator I've seen requires the Mac ROM images in some form. The only legal way to accomplish this is with real Apple-manufactured Mac ROMs. Most the emulators plug into the host computer in some way and use some custom software to access and use the ROMs. Now, as to the marketability of this, if all things were equall, wouldn't you rather have a computer that ran software for 3 machines instead of just 1? This obviously doesn't count if you use this feature in only one emulation mode, but if there is software on all platforms that you want to use, it's pretty nifty. > >In addition, couldn't a Mac user claim: "I can move from a Mac to an >Amiga or ST or RISC without losing my programs, yet owners of those >computers cannot move to a Mac and do the same." ?? But they wouldn't say that. It's bad marketing. How would this help to sell *your* machines? --Daryl Biberdorf, n177ac@tamuts.tamu.edu OR dlb5404@rigel.tamu.edu Texas A&M University
dtiberio@csserv2.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) (02/15/91)
In article <1991Feb13.040618.5160@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> kdarling@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes: >craig@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Craig Hubley) writes: >>Clearly the A3000 is superior to the NeXT. >>After all, the former can emulate a Mac. >> >>P.S. :) > >Personally, I've always been confused about this particular "gloat"... > >Doesn't the fact that several kinds of machines are proud to emulate the Mac, >simply demonstrate that the Mac OS is more portable, and is also desirable? > >In addition, couldn't a Mac user claim: "I can move from a Mac to an >Amiga or ST or RISC without losing my programs, yet owners of those >computers cannot move to a Mac and do the same." ?? > >P.S. :) :) Different viewpoint, eh? :-) kdarling@catt.ncsu.edu I always thought that it was because the Amiga chip set would be harder to emulate safely on any 68000 based machine. I am sure it could be done, but it would run the software pretty slowly. Second, why would a person who has an Amiga with a mac emulator want to move to a Mac? P.S. :) Sometimes you have to just admit that you don't have to spend $800 for a word processor... :)