Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ogicse!ucsd!ucbvax!LSUVM.BITNET!$CSD211 From: $CSD211@LSUVM.BITNET (Mark Orr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Stellar 7 re-release Message-ID: <9012102307.AA29393@apple.com> Date: 10 Dec 90 22:49:43 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 45 |From: SCOTT ALFTER |I don't think the Ensoniq runs for anywhere near $425--not to mention |that GS owners don't have to buy it since it's built in (but we all |knew that!). Does everybody need an LAPC-1 built-in? At $425 a pop, |I'd hope not. But wait...Let's talk complete systems. Once you add in a monitor, a hard disk, software, etc. the PC based systems with the LAPC-1 are quite competitive with the GS. Depending on what you get, the PC-system may even be cheaper. This wouldn't be a factor if the Apple IIgs cost, say half of what it does now. |(BTW, I thought I'd reply to Mark Orr's comment about the "CGA-level" |graphics of the GS...since when did CGA let you pick from 4096 |colors?) Oh wow...you have colorful, but still low resolution. No way you slice it, you cannot compare a 320x200 to a 640x480 screen; you can whine all you want about colors. When I said CGA-level, I didn't mean that the GS had CGA, but CGA-equivalent resolution. RESOLUTION, GOT IT!!!!!!! NOT FREAKING COLORS!!!!! -------------------------------- BTW, I was reading a copy of MacWorld I saw on a bookrack somewhere. They were reviewing the Mac LC...the second to last paragraph mentioned something interesting: It suggested that this is the perfect opportunity to dump the IIe and IIgs (what do you expect coming from Mac people). But it also said that the Mac LC is designed for fully automated production, and that the only Apple now produced without human assistance is the Apple IIgs. Now Apple has a reason to dump the IIgs. Since Apple is having problems producing enough Mac LCs, they can stop IIgs production and retool for Mac LC production. < read the current issue reviewing the Mac LC, see how little Mac users think of us > |Scott Alfter _/_ | / v " Apple II: |Internet: alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu ( ( the power to be your best! | GEnie: S.ALFTER "_^_/ ---------------------------------- | MARK A. ORR | "Sure eagles may soar, | $CSD211 @ LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU | but weasels don't get sucked into | @ LSUVM.BITNET | jet engines" ----------------------------------