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Re: PPC vs Pentium Pro Read it and spell
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On 17 Jun 1996, Clifford T. Matthews wrote:
> NOTE: I wasn't aware of this thread until just now. I realize that
> some extra Executor informatin has already been posted, but there are
> a few pieces of information in this and a few other posts that I think
> need addressing.
>
> >>>>> "Ryan" == tokarek ryan matthew <tokarek@students.uiuc.edu> writes:
> In article <Pine.Sola.3.91.960610110740.15928A-100000@ux5.cso.uiuc.edu> tokarek ryan matthew <tokarek@students.uiuc.edu> writes:
>
> Ryan> On Mon, 10 Jun 1996, Harry Menegay wrote:
> >> zberger@ldl.net (Psychedelic Harry) wrote:
> >>
> >> >>Simply because you are not. I'm a both user myself and I've
> >> found I >>prefer Mac, especially nice as I can emulate the PC
> >> whereas the PC cannot >>emulate me.......every PC type I've
> >> turned on to my Power PC has been >>hooked and I doubt many of
> >> them will stay with sheep......
> >>
> >> Sigh. There has been a PC program out for years now called
> >> executor that is a mac emulator that runs on PC's. Never heard
> >> of it? Probably because most PC users have enough software and
> >> don't need to any from the mac . Softwindows/Softdos however
> >> seem to be farily popular in the mac community. Hmmmm.
>
> Ryan> Executor does not emulate the Mac OS in any way. It provides
> Ryan> the ability to run some Mac applications (some of those that
> Ryan> are compatible with System 6).
>
> I don't know what you mean by emulate the Mac OS, but using my
> definitions, Executor emulates the Mac OS in all but a few ways.
All I meant is that you can't run the MacOS on a PC.
Considering what Executor does, it is an amazing product. I was just
pointing out that it is not the same as something like SoftWindows where
the emulated Operating System runs along with the applications (although
from what you said later in your post, the Mac apps that do run under
Executor run better (faster) than Windows apps on SoftWindows).
> Insignia licenses Windows from Microsoft. ARDI is hoping to be
> able to license some portions of Mac OS. We should know more in a
> couple of months.
That could be very interesting. I hope it works out.
> I'm not really happy that Executor gets tossed into Mac vs. PC
> arguments, because then I feel compelled to point out mistaken beliefs
> about Executor in threads that I normally wouldn't even read, much
> less contribute to. Pro PC people often over-represent Executor in
> these threads, and if I see that happening, I'll step in and correct
> people. Of course when people misunderstand fundamental issues about
> Executor I'll correct them, too.
Thanks for clearing up some of _my_ misconceptions.
Ryan Tokarek
<tokarek@students.uiuc.edu>
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