Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Path: utzoo!censor!geac!itcyyz!xrtll!silver
From: silver@xrtll.uucp (Hi Ho Silver)
Subject: Re: Dumbest DOS in the World!
Reply-To: silver@xrtll.UUCP (Hi Ho Silver)
Organization: Yeah, right.
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 91 00:03:16 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Jan21.000316.11295@xrtll.uucp>
Keywords: ms-dos, pc-dos, os
References: <278e09fb-2433comp.ibmpc@point.UUCP> <RICHARD.91Jan16120747@alk.ies <279759e7-2433.12comp.ibmpc-1@point.UUCP> <15763@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc, cs161fhn@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Dennis Lou) typed:
$In article <279759e7-2433.12comp.ibmpc-1@point.UUCP> akcs.bill@point.UUCP (Bill Wolff) writes:
$>2) Functions well as a CLI operating system (CBM-DOS and CS-DOS) as well
$>   as a GUI operating system as in GEOS.
$I hate GUI's.

   Not the best answer, Dennis; the correct answer is to point out that the
PC can also be run using the CLI or GUI approach.

[claims that a C128 is faster than a 386 because word processors run as
 well on either and he can find his way around a C128 communications
 program faster than for a DOS one]

   Indeed, a user-speed driven program such as a word processor is not
at all a valid test of processor speed.  I took the old BYTE benchmark
suite and ran it on a number of machines, including the C64.  It was
not able to run one of the benchmarks, and on the others, an original IBM
PC (4.77 MHz, 8088) outperformed it by a very large margin.  While it
can be debated as to how valid such a suite is, and how much of an
influence the C compiler had, there is no question that a C64 is far
less powerful than an IBM PC, and this result would also apply to the
C128.

   Of course, if all you want to do is word processing, and you find
that the C128 handles the task more effectively (according to what
makes you effective) than does a 386, then by all means, use your
C128.  In fact, a 386 is wasted on the typical word processing task.
But the capabilities of a typical 386 system far outstrip those of a
C128, just as the capabilities of a Cray far outstrip those of a typical
386 system, and the most effective computer user is the one who uses
the hardware and software that best suits his/her needs, as Dennis
pointed out in his article.
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