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Subject: Re: Woz giveth, Scully taketh away
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Date: 5 Oct 90 08:09:05 GMT
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In article <1990Oct5.001921.13350@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> vw3@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Vernon Williams) writes:
>I think, however, that GS owners are somewhat worried more by the fact that 
>the new low cost mac will emulate a IIe not a IIGS. This is a bit of a gap 
>that the doomsayers say could lead to the "orphaning" of the GS.

	No that's not really my worry... My worry is that the new low
cost Macs will be lower cost than the GS, which will be true if the
rumors are true... ($800 street price for the lowest Mac.. I guess
that would be the Mac Classic...  And is it true that Apple was dumb
enough to pay Coke for the use of the word Classic???  It's not like
"Macintosh" which is also licensed since some other company registered
the word which is spelled differently than the edible apple... But
'classic' is just a word!)..

	If the lowest cost Mac is cheaper than the GS, then the GS will
probably be bought EVEN LESS than it is now. Which is VERY bad.

	But I will say that a Mac with GS emulation (not //e which is the
expected emulation available soon) would be a SMALL delta value better
than a low cost Mac and just officially killing the GS once and for all.
It wouldn't be better for ME, but it would be better for some people.
(lim /_\ -> 0  = 0.. heh)


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