Re: [AL] MacAllegro

[Kris K. <ko...@sd...>]

Right on Collin!

-----Original Message-----
From: Collin Kidder <ad...@is...>
To: al...@ma... <al...@ma...>
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [AL] MacAllegro


>>>Tell your friend to get a real computer :)
>>I think it's a pity macintosh has always kept a tight lid on their specs,
>thus
>>preventing their computer from becoming the standard.  I think mac's have
>been
>>the better computer for a long time, when the 80x86 had those stupid
>segmented
>>memory layout. So I don't think this is a very useful answer ;)
>
>Well, lets put it this way. You may not like the segmented memory
>architecture but the segments in protected mode make the Intel and clone
>chips more crash proof since one process can be denied the ability to write
>to another process's memory. Try crashing one program on MAC. Guess what?
It
>has a good chance of either crashing the whole system or corrupting
>something, somewhere. As for me, I'll stick w/ REAL hardware. ;-)
>
>Really my problem w/ Macs is the piece o' junk OS that they come w/
(MacOS).
>The hardware isn't so bad. (Emphasis on the so bad). They also have lagged
>on getting preemptive tasking working. AND THE FREAKIN THING HAS ONE MOUSE
>BUTTON! How dumb can you get?
>
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