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From: MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: A low blow from Apple
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Date: 25 Sep 90 15:44:32 GMT
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>No one stuck a gun to your head and made you buy that computer!

NO S___ SHERLOCK!!!!!!!!!!!  What the $#@! difference does that make?  I never
said they did!  THE WHOLE POINT I'M TRYING TO GET ACCROSS IS THAT THE GS RUNS
AT 2.8 MHZ, COSTS $1000 AND THE AMIGA RUNS AT 7MHZ AND COSTS $500. PERIOD.

>You cannot compare processors on the basis of input clock frequency alone.

I'm NOT!  I'm comparing their SPEED.  The Amiga is MUCH faster than the GS,
regardless of the fact it has a different processor than the GS.  I don't
care if the Amiga was clocked at 1Mhz and the GS at 100Mhz... the Amiga is
FASTER and HALF the price.

>I would love to see a faster GS from Apple with a 32-bit Nubus and a big
> display.`
>I'm not holding my breath though.  That's why I bought a mac.

I'd love to see that too, but I don't expect it.  I'd buy a Mac too, but I
just don't like working with Macs as much as I do a II, except for their speed.
ALL I WANT IS A DECENT SPEED FOR THE MONEY I FORKED OVER!  That's ALL.  Can't
you understand that?  I don't want a Mac.  I don't want a 486.  I can't afford
to spend several years relearning another CPU chip, DOS, or to replace my
software library or my hardware investment.  I want my GS running at least as
fast as the 'competition'.  I get sick of trying to tell people that aren't
GS users how powerful it can be, when they know it's only 2.8Mhz.  They just
laugh.  So, I'll say what I've said 100 times before:

The GS should run faster OR it should be priced at a computer that runs at
2.8Mhz.

No... No one MADE me buy the GS.
Yes, I knew what it did before I bought.
NO.  I DID NOT KNOW WHAT OTHER COMPUTERS DID.
Yes.  I DID shop around... for PRICES... I found my GS for $729.
No.  I did not shop around for other computer... I didn't know they existed.
   Even if they did, I PROBABLY would have gotten the GS anyway, not because
   it's worth the money compared to the other computers, but because of the
   hardware and software investment I already had in my Franklin AND because
   of the knowledge I built up over the years learning everything I could
   about the Apple II.  But that's no reason for The GS to be priced so high
   or to be so slow... at the time, I thought 2.8Mhz was FAST... considering
   I was used to 1Mhz.

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