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From: jayg@wpi.wpi.edu (Jay Giurleo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: CLUE: IT'S A HOME MACHINE!
Message-ID: <12668@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 4 May 90 17:03:30 GMT
References: <4aDvrMK00Ws185_UNi@andrew.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: jayg@wpi.wpi.edu (Jay Giurleo)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester ,MA
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In article <4aDvrMK00Ws185_UNi@andrew.cmu.edu> sk2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Seth D. Kadesh) writes:
>Just a bit fed up with a whole bunch of stuff.
>Get a clue, people:
>
>      The Apple II as a HOME MACHINE.
>
>We're not asking for superior number crunching.
>We're not asking for supersonic speed.
>We're not asking for a machine that is the equal of the Mac IIfx!

  I'd sure love a Mac IIfx, but I own an Apple IIgs.  All I would like
to see is apple make a computer that realistically does the things that
the computers of today do.  The Mac is a "today" machine.  The II line
is yesterdays machine.  Don't get me wrong(I know someone will)  The 
apple is a good machine, but it needs updating.

>
>parallel processing machine!)  The age of the machine doesn't matter -
>WHAT MATTERS IS WHETHER OR NOT THE MACHINE DOES WHAT YOU NEED
>IT TO DO!
>
 Yes that is true.  However, it would be nice to think that the computer
could still do more if I asked it to.  The reason I compare the GS to the
Mac is because that is exactly what the Mac does for me.  I can use the
Mac without a problem. I can customize my Mac without waiting eons for it
to boot the finder.  However, I can also program the Mac. And it's not as
difficult as some people might believe.  Yes it does more, but it
has managers and other routines which do the dirty work for you.  Maybe
it's more restrained as far as having ultimate control over the whole
machine, but it is much more refined.


>Case in point: I was the witness to a computer salesman trying to sell a
>Mac II to a student who
>was looking for something to do WORD PROCESSING on!!  OVERKILL!!!!  I
>could accomplish all
>that on my GS!!!!

I hate word processing on my GS.  Have you ever word processed on a Mac?
The only word processor I'll use on my GS is Appleworks Classic.  Why?
I don't have to wait for it.

>anymore??  And do they EVER, EVER stop servicing your car because it's
>not new anymore??!!!  DO THEY EVER STOP MAKING
>STEREOS, AND RADAR DETECTORS, AND BABY SEATS, AND BATTERIES?????!!!!  These
>are all things one can easily expect to find on the market today.  So is
>it too much to expect Apple to
>provide support for us??!! 

(Must you yell?)
  Look.  If you have an old car.  You ca get it serviced.  Present some
money, and anything is possible.  What makes you think that you
can't get your apple serviced?  Just because it's not Apple that services
it doesn't mean anything.  When was the last time you had Apple service
your computer?  I mean Apple in Cupertino, California, and not an authorized
dealer. So, then, even if Apple doesn't want to help us out, I'm SURE that
we can find other sources of support. User groups, for one, are the
next best thing to having the entire company by your side. I'm a member
of the BCS, the Boston Computer Society.  What a great source of knowledge
and skill! I don't need apple if I need help.  Organizations such as this
are not going away because they are made up of people just like us who
realize that there is more to owning a computer than complaining that
the company doesn't support a 12 year old machine the way it used to.
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