Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 20 Jun 1996 21:12:47 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mark E. Levitt" <> | Subject | Re: Simple, effective boot graphic |
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On Thu, 20 Jun 1996, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> No, it MUST. You are one of many who have missed the point. > If you can find someone with a Mac (retail store even), ask > them to let you see the Mac boot. The Mac will actually smile > at you. It most definitely does not spew technobabble.
But I LIKE the technobable! When I first booted Linux after having only experienced DOS/Windows and Mac, I though "WOW! an OS that actually tells you what's going on during the boot process."
I also think it looks much more "high-end" to print out messages like that rather than put up a graphic.
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