Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!dptg!ulysses!andante!mit-eddie!snorkelwacker!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!crdgw1!argentina From: rankins@argentina (raymond r rankins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: New Macs Message-ID: <12932@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Date: 19 Oct 90 13:46:16 GMT References: <1990Oct18.120309.3983@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1990Oct19.020133.28119@utstat.uucp> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: rankins@argentina (raymond r rankins) Organization: Replace me with your organization Lines: 31 In-reply-to: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) In article <1990Oct19.020133.28119@utstat.uucp>, philip@utstat (Philip McDunnough) writes: >......... >I guess the bottome line here is that Apple has come out with products they >should have had 2 years ago. When they have clearly shown they care about >their users, I will be happy to return. > I kind of go along with this, with one modification. They should have come out with a Mac with IIe compatibility a few years ago instead of the IIGS. What we got instead back in '86 was a "Mac-like" computer with IIe compatibility. Now they finally came out with the Mac LC/IIe and orphaned the IIGS. I just don't understand the logic or business sense of this move. If they had come out with this combo back in 86/87 I probably would have bought it then as the next logical upgrade for my IIe (which I was looking to upgrade at that time anyway). I thought it was great that I could get a computer with better graphics and sound with a Finder-like interface that could still run my IIe software. The IIe compatibility (or lack thereof) was what kept me from buying a Mac at that time (the same time that the first color Macs were hitting the market as well). Now that I have the IIGS, I don't ever really plan on buying a Mac. I don't want to give up the IIGS software and sound capabilities I've come to like so much. However, I might consider a Mac with IIGS compatibility as the next logical upgrade path for me to take, if it ever becomes available. Ray Ray Rankins |(518) 387-7174 | INTERNET: rankins@argentina.crd.ge.com 2 Moonglow Rd. |(518) 583-3320 | COMPUSERVE: 71131,3236 Gansevoort, NY 12831 | | AmericaOnline: RayRankins | GEnie: R.Rankins