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From: asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Investing in a IIgs
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Date: 26 Sep 90 01:15:56 GMT
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In <gava_FS00VR0Q1v5Mb@andrew.cmu.edu> jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeremy G. Mereness) writes:

>Then there are the things we wish we had in the computer that don't come
>from the manufacturer. like a decent fan like the Conserver (mo' money)
>and decent CPU speed as with a Transwarp (mo' money) and some RAM to
>play with, not just the system minimum (mo' n' mo' money). Have we
>reached the $3000 mark yet? What else is in the Apple store for $3000
>that's a lot less complicated? A mac, that's what.

Better yet!  If you are in college, and you are gonna spend $3200-3500,
just go to your campus computer dealer and ask for a NeXTstation!
Complete with the new '040, 105MB drive (actually, ya need a bigger one
to get all the bundled software), a big ole 17" monitor (not color, but
still, ain't too bad), UNIX, a COMPLETE set of development tools
(everything from compilers to editors to the Interface Builder (sorta
like resources)), a 2.88 MB floppy drive compatible with MessyDos, and
if you act before 12/31/90, you get Improv, a new Lotus spreadsheet that
is pretty damn awesome!  Redefines the meaning of spreadsheets!  A $695
value free!  Also, don't forget it's postscript capabilities, it's
bundled word processors, etc., etc.

Heck, except for the color bit, the NeXTstation could even compete
against Amiga!  Retail the machine is $4995, but name one other computer
that can compare to the NeXTstations AND have all the bundled software
it does?

<crickets in the background>

Tis what I thought.

I really hate to leave Apple, but I really hate being screwed by a
company for four years with my GS too.  But my GS will see fit to a new
home, as a add on terminal to my soon to be acquired Cube. (note, not
the NeXTstation.  Cube and Station are two different products).

Come on Apple restore mine, and everybody elses faith!  Or just get it
over with, and sell the rights to the Apple II line to someone else.

-k
--
"It's been real, it's been fun, but it ain't been real fun!"