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Which platform?

Vid Strpic strpic at faust.irb.hr
Wed Jun 19 09:02:01 EST 1996


Matthew Lyon wrote:
: >    I'm a freshman biochem. major trying to decide what route to go, PC or
: > PowerMac. I only have about four grand to spend - Which platform has a
: > better selection of software that would for me? I'm on an old borrowed Mac
: > 660AV right now, but learning DOS and Windows is not beyond me at all,
: > because I'm very technically oriented.
: >    Also, which platform would inferface better with a workstation, to
: > utilize those high-powered apps.?

Buy a PC with Linux. Linux is an Unix, far more stable and secure than
either DOS/Win or MacOS. Btw, you can still run DOS and Windows software on
it, if you cannot find a version to compile for Linux itself.


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