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From: bchurch@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Bob Church)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Accepting the Mac (was Re: More Macweek Rumors)
Summary: Faster twos
Message-ID: <1241@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU>
Date: 29 Mar 90 02:34:50 GMT
References: <1990Mar21.061125.13784@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu> <1015@tahoma.UUCP>
Organization: Ohio University CS Dept., Athens
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In article <1015@tahoma.UUCP>, prl3546@tahoma.UUCP (Philip R. Lindberg) writes:
> From article <1990Mar21.061125.13784@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu>, by toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel):
> ===============================================================
> > ( Todd's are the single >'s and Tracy's are the double >>'s )
> ===============================================================
> 
> B) Don't discount all the Apple II owners who didn't upgrade to the GS the
> first time.  I know of at least two in this building, (out of 4 Apple II
> owners), who are ready for a machine that runs what they have, only faster.
> (Note: I said, "Runs what they have (ie. Apple II s/w) only faster".  Also,
> don't forget.  Apple marketing tried the GS/MAC and the schools said they'd
> rather have two machines instead of one for the same price.)
> 
I'm a little confused by this statement. I too wanted a machine that would
run my software but faster. I put a rocketchip in my //c and added memory.
Granted, the rocketchip is not available just now (we can hope for it's return)
but the 8 mghz zip-chip is still here. I can understand people moving to the GS
for GS inherent features but if you only want to run the software you already have (and is still being produced) why would you pay more for a machine that runs
much slower than an enhanced //e/c? Even with a TWGS the GS is slower than 
and accellerated e/c. I can load Enhanced Appleworks with several Timeout
enhancements, Publish-it!2, the Utility section of CopyII+ and a few other
programs onto my /ram drive from my 800k drive in less time than it takes to
boot the GS system. At ten mghz I can switch from program to program so 
quickly that they seem like subroutines of the same package. For that 
matter a stock $600 dollar //c+ will outrun a stock GS when running 8 bit
software. I think that the machine these people are waiting for is here
but just doesn't generate enough sales and aftersales revenue (that is,
they already work) for the dealers to push them.

 
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*   bob church  bchurch@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu                       *
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*  If economics isn't an "exact" science why do computers crash    *
*  so much more often than the stock market?                       *
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