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From: AG0514@ALBNYVMS.BITNET (AppleEnthusiast)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Investing in a IIgs
Message-ID: <326CFEBD529FE00502@albnyvms.BITNET>
Date: 17 Sep 90 14:48:00 GMT
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In response to Phillip McDonough's article:

>I assume the GS will have its price reviewed in the near future.

Don't count on it.  How long did the IIe stay at the same price long after it
was an anitique?  Unless Apple has changed drastically, this be the same for
the GS..

>As I've noted computer prices are dropping. What you may have paid 2 years ago
>is irrelevant to today's prices.

With Apple it is completely relevant becuase the price of the IIs does not
change year to year.

>The A500 does not have "great graphics". As far as the Amiga's multitasking
>goes, please note that tasks are not hardware protected from each other. That
>makes preemptive multitasking next to useless. Try running a simulation only
>to have it crashed by some other task.

The A500 does have better graphics than the IIgs does (much better, 640 x 400
with 16 colors), and for multitasking, I'd rather have it and crash than
not have it at all.


Andrew Goldstein aka AppleEnthusiast
Internet: ag0514@rachel.albany.edu