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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (16685)	1/24/1998 4:37:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Read Replies (1) of 24154

John, >>Can you run a browser at an acceptable speed under Windows emulation? There are programs that write some excellent web ware that are only available to the windows environment. The Windows environment does attract all the leading edge stuff especially in the area of finance. Streaming quotes etc. I have not tried running a browser under the Virtual PC Windows but if the network support is there I will try to load Netscape 3.01 and run it for you. As far as performance goes, 166MHZ is probably in the ballpark. Last night I installed "Steel Panthers" which runs on top of DOS and it was running normally. Big advantage is the use of the ATI graphics chip used on popular PC video cards. This means the graphics portion of Windows should not suffer significantly for almost all PC-based software you run! Virtual PC also has Soundblaster Pro compatibility so you would not lose your sound on most software. Probably the best thing for you would be to find a PC title that interests you and see it run on one of the G3's at your local Apple retailer (if they do not have VirtualPC running then you might suggest they do so if they want to move the merchandise faster). Flight Simulators are notorious for wanting every clock-cycle they can find, so I will attempt to load and run my old Flight Simulator tonight and see how it holds up. >>It looks like you and I have found a point to agree on. We probably agree on 97% of most things but its the 3% that add colour to this thread. >>Actually I would love to see a java world. I still will bet on the leadership of Gates no matter what the environment as long as it is in software. As consumers we can only benefit from a cross-platform API standard for applications. Processor performance and the high-price of decent color graphics capability were the only real obstacles to developing this in the past. In the next few years both those problems will be irrelevant. How many apps need graphics higher than say, 1600x1200 32-bit color and 300 MHz worth of processor power? Both are within the means of a user right now and the price just keeps dropping. Microsoft and Bill are not heading toward the bread-line anytime soon but, I think they will just have to learn that the rules of doing business change once you reach a certain prominence. IBM could squash Microsoft tomorrow in the same way Bill is doing-in Netscape. IBM's investors would go for it in a second but the brass know that there would soon be three new ticker symbols: I, B, and M! We do live in interesting times. >>If NSCP is to survive they have to get together with Mac and/or ORCL. It sure would not hurt them to start forming solid alliances. Hopefully you do not think I am being facetious when I say "Own a Mac, invest in PC's". This G3 is the best machine I have ever owned, but right now the masses are throwing loads of greenbacks at PC products. If Apple ever comes up with a strong, driving marketing strategy things could start to shift very quickly. Cheers, Norm

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