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From: philip@pro-generic.cts.com (Philip McDunnough)
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Subject: Re: Apple's committment to the // line
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Date: 16 Oct 89 05:31:22 GMT
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Well Lynda ,I don't have the years of committment to the // line that you
probably have. Clearly many people wish Apple would do more to support it.
There is no need to have GS upgrades every few months.The Mac is competing
in a very different market.Apple has to devout a great deal of resources to
remain competitive in the face of PM+OS/2-386 .Whether one likes it or not the
Apple// line(including the GS) was/is perceived by many as a less than capable
product in the business/home business world.The GS is lumped in with the rest
of the // line for obvious reasons(software being one).I personally don't
share the postion I outlined above and Ireally like the GS.Nevertheless I
think that some major work went into improving the current GS(in Apple's and
many other good companies' tradition this improvement is evolutionary.It makes
sense,does not disrupt the software base unduly,and meets most users
needs).For not much more you can get a TWGS if speed is important.I would like
to see in the next upgrade a better video mode such as 512x352x16  or even
640x400 and 640x200x16. Can the monitor(not the video signal) handle such
modes? Please will someone from Apple give out the capabilities of the colour
monitor?

 Philip McDunnough    ->philip@utstat.toronto.edu
:University of Toronto