Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Path: utzoo!utstat!philip
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: A low blow from Apple
Message-ID: <1990Sep13.002909.12074@utstat.uucp>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 90 00:29:09 GMT
References: <150@alchemy.UUCP> <44737@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: Statistics, U. of Toronto

In article <44737@apple.Apple.COM> mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) writes:

[response to a posting re how Apple markets the AppleII vs. Mac]

>We make personal computers to
>empower individuals to do great things.  If you've been empowered, we've
>succeeded.  We're not going to spend money to keep convincing you of this.

As a supporter of both the GS and the Mac, it's nice to hear that Apple
tries its best to place tools in the hands of people so that they may
be their creative best. It's a very encouraging statement. I for one
would be more likely to do neater things if Apple were to produce a 6-8MHz
GS with a graphics' mode for editing which had a proper aspect ratio. The
possibility of having a faster GS with a 640x400 or 512x384 mode( even b/w)
running an improved AWGS would be wonderful. This would be especially true
if there happened to be an AWMac, and that files could be moved between the
two. This would provide a bridge between the GS and the Mac and given the
ability to read/write Mac disks on the GS and vice versa on the Mac we 
would all have the best of both worlds.

However I do think it would be wise for Apple to indicate to its user base
whether or not this is in the cards. The troops are a bit restless!

Philip McDunnough
Professor of Statistics
University of Toronto
philip@utstat.toronto.edu
[my opinions]