Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pro-tcc.UUCP!lvirden From: lvirden@pro-tcc.UUCP (Larry Virden) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Apple's committment to the // line Message-ID: <8910201120.AA28796@trout.nosc.mil> Date: 20 Oct 89 09:57:12 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 25 Network Comment: to #1319 by gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn@apple.com Not only does the 386 have better OSs, but the prices are better as well. A friend just ordered an 8 meg 386 running around 16-25 Mhz (i dont know what the final order speed was). It will have 120 meg of hard disk, both disk and cpu caching. It will have 1024x768 VGA graphics. and so on and so on. The cost is approx. $3700 . To get an 8 meg GS with 120 meg would cost a person at least $2400 and the graphics wouldnt be any better. And the person would still be stuck with GS/OS - not have the option of Unix , MSDOS, and OS/2. While MS-DOS and OS/2 may be 'poor' in many folks eyes, Unix for me is a VERY nice programming environment. So why dont I dump my GS and get one of those puppies? I am asking myself the same question. And so far, the only honest answer that I have is that inertia and 'fear of the unknown' (i.e. I have had an Apple II for googol years - really about 10-11 yrs) are slowing me down. I see the Mac and NeXT machines and like the potential I see there. I see the 386 and like the price of those machines and the ability to get work done. But I stick with my obsolete machine and single tasking environment basically 'cause I am a stick in the mud. How depressing a thought! -- Larry W. Virden ProLine: pro-tcc!lvirden 674 Falls Place Work: lvirden@cas.bitnet Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-1614 Aline: LVIRDEN CIS: 75046,606