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From: daveharv@pro-novapple.cts.com (Dave Harvey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: An open letter to all Apple II lovers/Apple Bashers
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Date: 4 May 90 22:21:19 GMT
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> 
> Question:
>         Why do you people have such hangups about the mac?
> 
I'll tell you my own reasons why I don't like the  Mac and don't wouldn't
consider it an altrenative if the Apple II disappeared.  The affordable Mac
first of all doesn't have color and doesn't have a separate monitor removed
from the CPU.  It also doesn't have the wide range of applications from a MIDI
interface to a process control.  With a MAC you can't start off at a low bare
bones machine and gradually increase the capability as you can with a II.  I
paid about $500 for my Apple IIGS CPU that included a mouse and keyboard. 
Over the years I've gradually increased the capability by adding things to it.
 Try and do that with a MAC!  I have particular physical requirements where
the monitor has to be separated from the cpu (due to a workstation in my
home).  Unless I go to a MAC II, I can't physically fit a non-MAC II in the
space.  Price of software is another minus for the MAC.  The very same
software for the Apple II and the MAC sometimes costs more for the MAC
version.  There might be some added capabilities but is it worth it?  Another
reason doesn't have anything to do with the Apple except maybe indirectly. 
The MAC is perceived as a business machine and for some reason in some Apple
user groups the emphasis has been on business applications to the detrement of
the Mac user who's a home user.  So look at this way, who wants to be
associated with a computer where the direction its going is more and more
toward the business orientation and less and less toward the home use.  I've
recently become interested in the Amiga.  It has color and is aimed toward the
home.  The company doesn't support it as well as Apple does.  But in some
respects that's not saying too much.
I also don't like the graphics interface and even though Apple is trying to go
and make the Apple IIGS user use that interface, there's still relief for us
that don't like that option such as the ProSel which uses a text interface and
can do a lot more than the finder with all of it's other programs such as
cat.doctor and mr.fixit.  There's other third party software that also uses a
text interface.  But as far as I know if I owned a Mac I wouldn't have any
choice but to use a graphics interface.
 
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