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From: cbdougla@uokmax.uucp (Collin Broad Douglas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Investing in a IIgs
Message-ID: <1990Sep11.123726.11265@uokmax.uucp>
Date: 11 Sep 90 12:37:26 GMT
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>[munch munch]

>That says it all. What you want in a computer is not what the GS is aimed at.
>It appears as though you want an Amiga, which is an arcade computer(the A500).
>This is reasonable. If that's what you want then you should get an Amiga 500.
>I hope the GS NEVER becomes a Nintendo machine. I'm not putting the Amiga500
>down, but its main purpose has been to play games( although they do have a
>nice version of TeX and have a bit of a niche in the video area). The A3000
>is another computer which on the surface may appeal to you. But it has very
>few games, almost no educational software,etc...It also does not have the
>support of any major applications' developers except in the video area. Given
>that it is not much less than a MacII, I can't see the rational in getting one
>at this time.
>
>Philip McDunnough
>University of Toronto
>philip@utstat.toronto.edu
>[my opinions]

   That game machine you speak of is easily upgradeable to 1 meg and in
   that state is at least as powerful as a Mac SE.

   MY major gripe is that Apple is just charging too much for the GS.  They
   have to take into account what they are up against.  I mean the Amiga.
   You can get a 25Mhz Amiga 3000 (based on a 68030) for about $4000.   That
   includes the cpu, a monitor and a 50 meg HD.
   $4000 is about as much as I've invested in my GS and that system would
   include a hard drive (mine doesn't).

   also, even the lowly amiga 500 runs a pre-emptive multitasking OS, has
   great graphics and good sound (not as good as the GS though of course).

   If Apple would just LOWER the prices then they would sell more machines
   but it's just not realistic to expect people to pay the price of a GS.
   The unit alone costs like $800 mail order.  That includes the cpu,
   a keyboard, a mouse and 1 meg RAM.

   Anyway, I REALLY am glad I got my GS.  When I got it, the only other
   things I had to choose from were the Atari 520 ST and the Amiga 1000
   (buggy...buggy).  But, if faced with the same decision in this market,
   I really don't think I would do it again.