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From: rjv21207@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Randal John Vose)
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Subject: A+/Incider/Macintosh
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Date: 14 Nov 90 15:39:26 GMT
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Well, I received the "premier" issue of IDG's new Apple II/Mac magazine the
other day and I must say that I too was really disappointed with it.  It's
useless to repeat what's already been posted on the subject, but I figured
I'd add my two cents worth...

From what I gathered reading the issue, the guys at A+/Incider seem to feel
that my Apple II and it's survival are now solely based on the Macintosh.
Yeah, right. :-)  They had some really nice articles on how to network II's
and Macs together using Macintoshes as file servers and such-- wonderful,
but practical for the average Apple II user? I don't think so.  Don't get me
wrong (hold the flames, please!) netwoking for schools and small business
is a great idea, but I always thought that this magazine was sort of for
the "home" user-- maybe I was wrong.

Of course, there was that great chart about the Mac LC being aorund $400
cheaper than a GS-- a good point, but the followed "supported" getting an LC
with the statement that there were (from memory-- don't hold me to it...)
around 4000 Mac programs which would run on the LC and only around 1000 GS
programs.  I can swallow that, but they also made mention of how much Apple
"pushed" the Mac when it had no software.  It's too bad they failed to mention
that Apple didn't push the GS so hard, thus the lack of support.  This just
leads back to where we all were a month ago....flames everywhere.

All I can say is A2_Central-- here we come...pretty fitting that this issue
of A+/Incider was the last one before my subscription runs out.  

Remember Softalk? I say someone starts publishing that again... great
magazine.  Too bad they folded (which is why I received A+, and then A+
was bought out, which is the ONLY reason I got Incider...).


        Randy Vose              | 1> Eveything is a learning experience.
rjv21207@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu       | 2> Be careful! You may get what you want.
  University of Illinois        | 3> "I told you so."
     Urbana/Champaign           |     -- Dianne Harmon's rules of life...