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Windows 95 Beats Mac
Over the years, there has been much argument over which computer
platform to buy. The two contenders in theis competions have been the PC ,
with its Windows environment and the Macintosh. Now, with the successful
release of Windows 95 for the PC, this has been the mjor argument for each
side : hardware configuration, networking capabilities, and operating
system.
The first arguments to look at between the Pc and Mac platform has to
do with hardware configuration. Before Windows 95, installing and
configuring hardware was like pulling teeth. The instructions given to help
install hardware were too complicated for the average user. There was also
the issuer of compatibility between the large number of different hardware
setups available in the PC world. Is a particular board going to work with
my PC? With Windows 95, these problems were alleviated with plug and play
technology. With plug and play compatible boards, the computer detects and
configures the new board automatically. The operating system may recognize
some hardware components on older PCs. Mac userw will claim that they
always had the convenicnce of a plug and play system, ubt the difference
shows in teh flexibility of the two systems.
Another set of arguments Mac users use in favor of their sysstems over
PCs is in multimedia and networking capabilities. Mac users gloat that the
Mac has networking technology built in the system. Even if a user did not
use it, the network is included with the system. They cited that for the PC
users and Pc users hate the fact that they need to stick a card in their
computers to communicate with any other computer. With Windows 95, the Mac
network gloaters are silenced. Windows 95 included built-in network support.
Any network will work properly. The Mac users also claim their systems have
speech, telephony, and voice recognition, whereas the Pc user does not have.
In truth, the promised building blocks for telephony control do not yet
exist. I think the speech is not good point in the Mac.
In the world of computer, people cannot stand still for too long
without getting passed by. Windows 95 now threatens the only assets the Mac
has in capturing the interests of the consumers because of configuration in
the hardware, communication betweencomputers and difference of operating
systems in both platforms. Almost any argument could give in defense of the
Mac does not carry nearly as much bite as it did before Windows 95 arrived.
Pc users have something to be proud of.
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