Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven!umd5!jg108 From: jg108@umd5.umd.edu (Martin Walser) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Support Apple II's Summary: Some Mac rebuttal Keywords: Macs are sweet and don't cost that much! Message-ID: <5595@umd5.umd.edu> Date: 10 Nov 89 00:52:27 GMT References: <0.apple.info-apple@pro-fishunt> <113300145@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> <2186@cbnewse.ATT.COM> Reply-To: jg108@umd5.umd.edu (Martin Walser) Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 39 In article <113300145@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, saa33413@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > > Start out with the Macintosh. Sure, the high resolution is nice, but where's > the color? You say it's in the Mac II? For the price of a Mac II, you could > buy a fairly nice car. (Or a truck. I saw a Mac IIcx advertised with a list > price of $16000. My father paid less for his Chevy S-10 Blazer--and it's > pretty nice. What gives?) First off, this statement in fairly inaccurate. Here at Maryland, a student can get a Mac IIcx LOADED with all kinds of stuff for under $4500. I mean, the whole 9 yards. 40meg hard drive, color monitor/card, 4megs RAM, some software, printer, etc.... Right now it's the IIci <--- note the "i" that's the big bucks machine because of all the latest stuff it's got. But that price will come down in time. Also, software is not as expensive as you make it out to be. I have a Mac II that I've invested about $6000 in but it has everything I need for the time being. Tons of software, multi-tasking ability and speed. >My IIe has served me well for over four years now. It's gotten me through >high school, and has come with me to college, to go up against the "big boys." >Given a modem, a 3.5" drive, and a few more add-ons, I'm sure the IIe can >"duke it out" against the Mac or (ugh!) any MS-DOS machine to come down the >pike. If I ever get another computer, it will probably be a IIGS. The >competition simply doesn't impress me. Woo! Hefty words there. :-) I had a //c all through high school but as a comp- sci major I knew I'd need something that could really pull the workload. Even though one could do alot with the old //'s (like mine) and probably even more with the GS, you really can't make hard-core comparisons like that until you actually sit down with BOTH a Mac and a GS and USE them... not just gloss over some of the basic features, truly USE them. I had my heart set on a GS toward the end of high school until I actually sat down with a Mac. (There was one at work that I used on/off). And it really redefined my views. Now I wouldn't give up my Mac for 10 GS's or even MS-DOS machines (shudder). (Well, ok, I'd sell them and upgrade even further, but that's beside the point). But then, that's my opinion. If the GS suits your needs, then by all means it is the computer to buy, but if you do decide to get a new computer, go into a purchase with an open mind. Martin (jg108@umd5.umd.edu)