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Dgar
AJ Sadauskas
@dgar @nixCraft And another comparison. Here's how GEOS on the Commodore 128 stacks up to Windows 11:
✅ Only needs 128 kb RAM
✅ No spyware
✅ No adware
✅ Word processing, spreadsheets, desktop publishing, and paint without an LLM
✅ Can natively play C64 games by using the command GO64
✅ Can also be booted into CP/M
✅ Only needs 128 kb RAM
✅ No spyware
✅ No adware
✅ Word processing, spreadsheets, desktop publishing, and paint without an LLM
✅ Can natively play C64 games by using the command GO64
✅ Can also be booted into CP/M
Kroc Camen@aj @dgar @nixCraft RISC OS had anti-aliased text in 1993. Mac OS gained it in 2000 and Windows in 2001.
deBaer@deBaer @Kroc @dgar @nixCraft In fairness, RISC OS had a massive headstart in that it was the OS thst came pre-installed on the Acorn Archimedes.
Why's that significant?
Well, the Archimedes architecture was basically an ARM CPU, with a GPU and a sound chip. Often as what we'd now describe as a system on a chip.
Well, it took a few decades, but basically the Archimedes architecture won.
Pretty much every smartphone and tablet is basically a superpowered Archimedes. So is every new Mac. All Raspberry Pis. Most Chromebooks.
Even many Windows or Linux PCs are Archimedes!
We all use the Archimedes now!
Why's that significant?
Well, the Archimedes architecture was basically an ARM CPU, with a GPU and a sound chip. Often as what we'd now describe as a system on a chip.
Well, it took a few decades, but basically the Archimedes architecture won.
Pretty much every smartphone and tablet is basically a superpowered Archimedes. So is every new Mac. All Raspberry Pis. Most Chromebooks.
Even many Windows or Linux PCs are Archimedes!
We all use the Archimedes now!
Daniel Barber@danbarber @deBaer @aj @dgar @nixCraft However, the fastest #Mac *is* an #Amiga! https://youtu.be/Jph0gxzL3UI
The Fastest Apple Mac is an Amiga - Fact or Fiction?
@danbarber @deBaer @aj @dgar @nixCraft And to round things out, there were two times when the fastest #PC was a #Mac, more recently at the launch of the M1 ARM Macs but also back in 2007 when, thanks to Vista, a MacBook Pro was a better PC than a PC: https://www.wired.com/2007/10/fastest-windows/
Fastest Windows Vista Notebook? A Mac
While some of the categories might make a prom queen weep ( heaviest ), the real surprise is the pick for the fastest Windows Vista machine: The 17" MacBook Pro: ...Try that again: The fastest Windows Vista notebook we've tested this year--or for that matter, ever--is a Mac.
@Kroc @danbarber @aj @dgar @nixCraft The Xeon Mac Pros up to 5,1 (before the trash can form factor) were also the best Windows workstations, if you wanted a Windows workstation instead of using a Mac.
Chris Johnson@danbarber @cxj @Kroc @aj @dgar @nixCraft You can even run (the PowerPC version of) Windows (NT 3.51) on a Power Macintosh (G3 or G4, not G5) (with a lot of tinkering). ;-) https://github.com/Wack0/maciNTosh