Battle of the Bytes: Macintosh vs. Windows 95
It used to be that the choice between a Mac and a PC was pretty clear.
If you wanted to go for the more expensive, easier to use, and better graphics
and sound, you went to buy a Macintosh, for the cheaper price, it was the PC.
Now it is a much different show. With the release of Windows 95 and the dynamics
of the hardware market have changed the equation.
On the other hand, Apple has made great price reductions on many of
their computers last October. You can now buy a reasonably equipped Power
Macintosh at about the same price as a PC that has about the same things. This
makes the competition much harder.
Windows 3.x have been great improvements over the earlier versions of
Windows, and of course over DOS, but it still didn't compete against the ease of
use on a Mac. The Windows 95 interface is much better than Windows 3.x. It
borrows some from the Macintosh interface and has improved on it.
Some improvements are the ability......
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