Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!jarthur!usc!apple!dlyons
From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Byte Article
Keywords: byte article
Message-ID: <43095@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 18 Jul 90 08:38:27 GMT
References: <1990Jul17.080219.28572@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1990Jul17.080219.28572@portia.Stanford.EDU> declan@portia.Stanford.EDU (Declan McCullagh) writes:
>[...]
>At the risk of tormenting a fossilized horse, think back to the fall of 1986,
>when Apple introduced the IIgs.  At that time, it seemed wonderful; the speed,
>graphics, and sound were far beyond the expectations of the average Apple II
>owner.  Now, it's close to four years later (almost half a decade - an infinity
>in the computer world), and the Apple II community has seen no substantial
>changes in the IIgs.

No substantial changes?  I suppose you mean just in the hardware, but I would
argue it doesn't make much sense to consider only the hardware.  Try booting
up System Disk 1.0 sometime.  There have definitely been major changes in
the GS User Experience.

But the, I'm a Software guy.  There's a lot left to be done in software.

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