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From: hzink@alchemy.UUCP (Harry K. Zink)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Mac Lc vs IIgs A+
Message-ID: <341@alchemy.UUCP>
Date: 1 Feb 91 16:37:46 GMT
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Reply-To: hzink@alchemy.UUCP (Harry K. Zink)
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Just a minor detail BullFrog seems to have neglected in his price comparison 
between the GS and the Mac LC are the facts that Macintosh compatibility (if it
ever becomes available) will carry a heavy pricetag that he seems to have 
forgotten to include in his list (but we can be sure it won't be less than 
$500).  Furthermore, while the GS might not need the fancy sound features, it 
pretty much does require you to have some sort of accelerator as well as more 
than 1 meg of RAm in order to do any serious work at decent speed.

The final result is still that in a feature for feature comparison, the Mac LC 
wins simply because it has Macintosh compatibility along wit optional IIe 
compatibility.  After all, think about it - all schools (!) need is IIe 
compatibility, and everything esle you can do on the GS can be done on the LC 
as well with Mac software.

Let's face it, apple has priced the LC in such a way that it becomes cheaper 
for schools to buy those than to buy GS', which is ajust another way of showing
their support for the Apple II line ... :-)

Of course, I happen to like the LC, not the least bit because it offers 15-bit 
color resolution and variable resolutions on different monitors.  Most of all  
it is a neat machine...


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