Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jm7e+ From: jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeremy G. Mereness) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: all and sundry Message-ID: Date: 6 May 90 15:54:00 GMT References: <9005050727.AA21521@apple.com> Organization: Computing Systems, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 27 In-Reply-To: <9005050727.AA21521@apple.com> VS83F8@UMKCVAX3.BITNET writes: > *SIGH* AU/X and X-Windows. Big, beautiful, *FAST* x-windows. > or how about nice color Mathmatica. Or realistic speeds in > 2-d cad programs. And some damn fine spreadsheets in wingz. > But point taken. Most people *DO* just do word processing, > or maybe a flatfile db, or simple spreadsheet and they really > don't need that kind of power. 'sides, the Mac //fx costs nearly 9 grand for a machine without a screen or a keyboard. 4 megs of memory, too, where Unix needs atleast eight. Anyone who wants the kind of power you speak of should consider Sun or DEC or even the next generation of NeXT machines, which comes with Mathematica and WriteNow bundled! The //fx is the right direction for the Mac, leaving a nice gap for the //gs to fill, but Apple needs to push the // in that area and dump its ludiscrous plans for a cheap color mac. It also must drop its profit-margin strategy, because the //fx is not priced competitively at all. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |Jeremy Mereness | Support | Ye Olde Disclaimer: | |jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (internet) | Free | The above represent my| |a700jm7e@cmccvb (Vax... bitnet) | Software | opinions, alone. | |staff/student@Carnegie Mellon U. | | Ya Gotta Love It. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------