Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!tektronix!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ditzel From: ditzel@ssc-vax.UUCP (Charles L Ditzel) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Apple Mac Message-ID: <795@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 1-Feb-84 11:29:27 EST Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.795 Posted: Wed Feb 1 11:29:27 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 02:14:48 EST Organization: Boeing Aerospace, Seattle Lines: 21 After having seen the Mac being used by someone who had no familiarity with the machine (and was doing quite well at demoing its simplicity and capabilities). After reading the InfoWorld article...which among other things stated that: *Microsoft's Multiplan (available next month) runs twice as fast on the Mac as it does on the IBM PC, *MacIntosh Basic runs ten times faster than Microsoft Basic on the IBM PC and is incrementally compiled, (additionally Basic users will be able to run subroutines concurrently), *Mac's speed is so fast that it can generate graphics on the screen at an incredible rate, painting the entire screen in less than a second. I can't really believe that anyone can still believe that Mac is aimed at the PCjr. I also can't believe that anyone looking for a computer would choose an IBM PC which looks downright primitive in comparison. It still early...but my impression is that Apple and Microsoft have created magic.