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From: yk4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Yong Su Kim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Apple IIGS
Summary: GS
Keywords: Apple IIGS
Message-ID: <2092@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 9 Nov 89 02:18:35 GMT
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Reply-To: yk4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Yong Su Kim)
Organization: Columbia University
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Why do Apple dealers ignore the Gs's potential? Back in Hong
Kong, the dealers seemed reluctant to sell the GS. If anyone wanted to
buy a GS, they would recommend that would recommend that they buy the
Mac Plus. They would tell the buyer that the GS is outdated,
overpriced and useless for any serious work. It might be outdated in
tha the hardware is not at the cutting edge of technology but then not
everyong needs a cray. An Apple IIe could satisfy the computing needs
of most people. That's why there are 4 million Apple IIs out there.
However, most people end up buying the Mac plus, because it is cheaper
than an equivalent GS system, and then they discover that their
computer is becoming obsolete. Think about the guys who bought MAc
512s. Where are they? Think about the guys who bought Apple IIs. They
are still around and although the technology might be outdated, the
computers are used by millions of people everywhere. I don't know
anyone who still uses a Mac 512. Maybe they upgraded to Mac Pluses and
SEs.
	I hope that the GS doesn't turn into something like the MAc
512. I hope that it will remain in use for 10 years like the Apple II.
I think that the Apple IIe could also remain in use for another ten
years with products like Zip chips and the FPE. These peripheral are
expensive at the moment but prices should go down. Think about the 16K
ram card. I paid a lot for my ram card. Now, if you want to buy a 16K
ram card, it will cost you next to nothing compared to prices 7 years
ago.
	Some might say that buying all those peripherals is just like
adding engines to a horse carriage. Okay, get an Apple IIGS. The GS is
not a horse carriage. It has the POTENTIAL to be extremely powerful
although its potential is not too obvious at the moment. With more
developments in the hardware side and the software side, the GS could
really take off. Think about the graphics and sound capabilities of
the GS. It has 15 voice generators while the Amiga and the Mac II only
have 4 and everyone know about the amazing things they can do with 4
voices. The GS has a maximum resolution of 640X200 but with a new
graphics card, higher resolutions are possible. Okay, so it will cost
more but then with the Amiga and the Mac II, you have to BUY graphics
cards to get graphics and we know how expensive they can be.
	The biggest problem with the GS is the speed. Nowadays,
everyone seems to be obsessed with Mhz. It has become the standard way
of comparing the speed of computers by the general public. The GS's
clock rate of 2.8 Mhz seems puny to the 25Mhz chips so people tend to
think that the GS is very slow. What they don't realise is that Mhz is
not the true indication of the speed of the computer. If only dealers
would realise... Even with the differences in chip design, the GS chip
is too slow for anything really intensive. System 5.0 improved things
greatly because the speedup was done through software alone. Now I am
wishing that someone would come up with something equivalent in
hardware. A TWGS is a solution to this problem but I think more
"serious" users would but the GS if it came with a 10Mhz chip and a FP
coprocessor built in...
	The future of the CPU seems to lie with Bill Mensch but it
doesn't seem so rosy after AppleFest. Although the chips might not be
12 Mhz but more like 8Mhz, 8Mhz is better than 2.8 Mhz. I just hope
the 65832 becomes a reality pretty soon. With the 65832 installed on
the GS, Apple could have two successful lines of computers with
impressive credentials on both lines... 
	I really hope that there will be a bright future for the Apple
IIGS.
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