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Re: Darwin disk I/O - better interactive response

On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 06:05:47PM -0800, John Metzger wrote:
:
: I sure hope Apple doesn't take this attitude with OS X. Everything in a Mac
: should be there for one reason and one reason only. To support the HI. Get
: it? It's a frigging personal computer, not a damn time sharing file server.

Perhaps in your definition of a "personal computer". Howver, I think
you fail to take into account the fact that the only sure thing in the
universe is change. What you consider as a "personal computer" has
evolved over the past 20 years. As computers have gotten both faster
and cheaper, so do expectations of what they are supposed to do. In
the modern day, at some level it is very hard to distinguish between a
"personal computer" and a "workstation". I think your personal idea of
a "personal computer" limits your vision of what a Mac is about, or what
a Mac could evolve into.

Here's a simple statement: a Palm is a personal computer. True or false?
Provide reasons. Then use same reasons to differentiate between Darwin
and your idea of a "personal computer".

: It should be designed from the point of view of what the user wants to
: accomplish and supporting that to the best degree possible, not some silly
: notion of "clean" system design from a Unix timesharing system point of
: view.

"some silly notion" is basically a set of standards that the designers
chose to impose onto the system. Did you know that "HI" is also some
set of standards? Why is "HI" important yet a "'clean' system design"
is not important? Both are human design choices based on some research
saying, "if we do this, it is more efficient and makes more sense".
Just because someone else's design choices makes no sense to you does
not mean the choices are bad. And just because you understand your
design choices does not mean your choices are good.

John, your input may be better received on Mac OS X discussion lists.


--
Eugene Lee
email@hidden

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