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From: toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: "I want my Apple II"
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Date: 5 May 90 09:13:01 GMT
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stephens@latcs1.oz.au (Philip J Stephens) writes:

>  However, the point I was trying to make is that the low-end Apple ]['s are
>still viable machines, and nowdays you can get one for a song.  For many
>people, an Apple //e could do absolutely _everything_ they required, provided
>that the software existed that provided the necessary performance.  There is
>already a good base of such software, but nobody has stretched that machine
>to it's limits.  For some people, a low-end Apple // may be their best chance
>to own a home computer that can do what they need.

Damn right! That's one of the points touched on in the intro to //f version 4.
Problem is, the prevailing PC marketing paradigms would fight the idea because
it is something they are afraid to admit.

Apple should hire Laser and give them access to Apple's truly awesome custom
chip facilities. The result would be "marvelous and inexpensive workhorses"
(to quote myself). Apple may not have the balls to do it but a great Ad
campaign for them would be "do you really need a bigger computer that costs
more? do you really need a whiz-bang computer when a $___ Apple // can do what
you want? advancing technology makes new machines well -- but it makes the old
ones better." notice that XT Clones sell on this principle in spite of sales-
person greed.

(ok, so maybe they shouldn't hire Laser. you get the idea.)

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu