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From: rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life.
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In article <1991Apr20.144115.25537@news.iastate.edu> xgr39@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>In article <91110.010457MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu>, MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>>Compare that to the bloated System 7 (8 disks, 4 MB RAM required, and it's
>>SLOWER than System 6??). I will GLADLY wait for something that works rather
>>than something bloated and inefficient rushed out the door. ...If you can
>>call two years "rushing," that is.
>
>   You pay dearly for the convenience of being able to use your O.S. 
>with 512K of RAM and a single floppy drive on the Amiga, too.  Three of
>the most important features of MC OS 7.0 are virtual memory, memory
>protection, and sophisticated structured/outlined fonts.  These features
>are totally non-existant in Amiga OS 2.0.

  Funny, I didn't hear 7.0 had memory protection. It uses Multifinder.
I imagine Virtual Memory would be slow on a Mac due to their slow
HD interfaces. CG fonts will be coming to Amiga OS soon, however,
ADOS 2.0 is a much more polished product. System 7 seems to be as bloated
and slow as OS/2 from Microsoft. A usuable Mac+System 7 starts to make the
NeXT look good.



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