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From: youngdahl@gacvx1.gac.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: My decision for the LC
Message-ID: <1991Feb7.133017.1@gacvx1.gac.edu>
Date: 7 Feb 91 19:30:17 GMT
Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota
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Recently I made a big decision that I'm sure I'm not going to like making, but
I had to do it anyways.  Its kind of strange for me to be posting this message
to everyone here because I'm sure some of you remember me telling you in a past
message how much I was looking forward to getting involved with some IIgs
programming.  The problem is this: with Apple's decision not to produce a new
Apple II CPU, my hardware and software is devaluating at an astounding rate. 
So, I've made the decision to sell my IIgs system and move to a Mac LC.

Now I've read the previous posts on the "Mac LC vs. the IIgs" and I've really
gotten surprised at how some fundamental things have been forgotten.  Things
like price vs. power, upgradability, and, more important to me, new software.

I'm not going to go into this to deeply, as I doubt if a "this computer is
better than that computer" discussion is really going to change anyones minds. 
I'm just going to tell you why I'm giving up 8 years of Apple II devotion
(since I had my little II+) and moving to another Apple platform.  

First, I'm going to be able to sell my 1.25 MB/floppy drive IIgs system used, 
and go right out and make a student purchase of a 4 MB RAM, 40 Meg hard drive
system.  For no extra cash.  Of course, I'll have no software, but I can buy
what I need fairly cheaply mail-order.  And please don't flame me and tell me
the IIgs is more powerful than the Mac LC.  I've always been a big GS defender
myself ... but its OBVIOUS that the only thing the GS has that the Mac lacks is
a great sound chip, the Enisoniq.

Second, I can't upgrade my GS to anything.  But a Mac LC (hopefully) will be
upgradable to SOMETHING someday.  And it has new software coming out for it.  

Ben Youngdahl