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Received: from ftp.ardi.com (ftp.ardi.com [204.134.8.1]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA25300 for <executor@nacm.com>; Sun, 3 Dec 1995 12:42:46 -0800 Received: from ardi.com by ftp.ardi.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tMLEG-0007qEn; Sun, 3 Dec 95 13:41 MST Path: sloth.swcp.com!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov!newshost.lanl.gov!ncar!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!world!indra.com!coopnews.coop.net!cs.umd.edu!haven.umd.edu!cville-srv.wam.umd.edu!usenet From: drasin@wam.umd.edu (Joe Drasin) Newsgroups: comp.emulators.mac.executor Subject: Re: Executor usefulness? Date: 29 Nov 1995 20:54:37 GMT Organization: University of Maryland College Park Lines: 29 Message-ID: <49ihad$bc6@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> References: <49hrhc$vm@leepai.cs.purdue.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dragon.dorm.umd.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Keywords: executor useful emulator X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 To: executor@nacm.com X-MailNews-Gateway: From newsgroup comp.emulators.mac.executor Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk In article <49hrhc$vm@leepai.cs.purdue.edu>, chenhh@cs.purdue.edu` says... > >Does anybody else question the usefulness of Executor? I like >macintoshes but have a PC and have used Executor, but I balk at >buying it because I never actually use a macintosh for any of my >important tasks these days. There was a time that I liked Macs >better for word processing, but these days, I'd rather use windows >programs because they are native to my machine (and thus faster). > >Also, Macs are moving to PowerPC these days... is Executor planning >on emulating that in the future? > >This might sound pretty critical, but I tend to find that most of the >things I end up running are my old Mac shareware games. > >Is there a major flaw in my line of reasoning? > >-Howard Chen >chenhh@cs.purdue.edu > >P.S.: I do like Executor and it is very impressive despite my criticisms Nothing wrong with your reasoning. I bought executor for three basic reasons. 1st)Whenever I see a company like ARDI comming out with something so "cool" I like to support them. 2)I like to play around with my old MAC games. and 3)It gives me some extra compatibilty with my friends who use MAC's. Joe