Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!psuvm!cunyvm!ndsuvm1!ud169430 From: UD169430@NDSUVM1.BITNET (Mike Aos) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: New Macs Message-ID: <90304.161217UD169430@NDSUVM1.BITNET> Date: 31 Oct 90 22:12:17 GMT References: <1990Oct18.120309.3983@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1990Oct19.020133.28119@utstat.uucp> <12932@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computer Network Lines: 44 In article <12932@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>, rankins@argentina (raymond r rankins) says: > >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. . [lots of stuff I basically agree with deleted] . >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 Statments like this have bothered me since this whole thing started. Why would you want IIgs compatibility on a Mac II? Everything the GS can do, the Mac II's can do better. Every IIgs program I have has a Mac counterpart that is more mature and bug-free. It has higher resolution, better colors, and is just out-and-out BETTER! I can sorta see the IIe part (although I don't use much IIe stuff (ProTerm, Kermit-65 v3.87, and BinSCII...when will there be GS- specific versions of these? I don't tell me about GScii, it doesn't work!) for the old-timer IIe users and schools but it really doesn't appeal to me. --- Mike Aos "I own a Harley, not just a T-shirt!" ['68 Sporty] East Grand Forks, MN (yeah, it's COLD up here) Are Amiga's really (218) 773-9154 | Woz | that bad? UD182050@NDSUVM1 (.Bitnet?) | Apple IIgs | "Share and Enjoy" UD182050@VM1.NoDak.Edu | (and Sun 2/120) | -Sirius Cybernetics Corporation I like to trade. | 'till I can afford a NeXT | (reserved for a Mac slam) "O captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting." _O Captain, My Captain_ -Walt Whitman