Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!remus.rutgers.edu!declan From: declan@remus.rutgers.edu (Declan McCullagh/LZ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: My decision for the LC Message-ID: Date: 12 Feb 91 02:06:20 GMT References: <477@generic.UUCP> <361@alchemy.UUCP> <1991Feb11.010100.1@gacvx1.gac.edu> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 275 In article <1991Feb11.010100.1@gacvx1.gac.edu>, youngdahl@gacvx1.gac.edu writes: > In article <361@alchemy.UUCP>, hzink@alchemy.UUCP (Harry K. Zink) writes: > > In article <477@generic.UUCP> sb@pnet91.cts.com (Stephen Brown) writes: > >>youngdahl@gacvx1.gac.edu writes: > >>> > >>>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. > q n y mp.sys.apple2 How about a NeXTstation or NeXTcube with a 68040 ... 15-18 MIPS. Close25RISCy enoug~= I have SoftPC on my NeXT right now. At that speed, even the UNIX Apple IIe emulator is tolerable. And, speaking of emulation> >>INET: sb@pnet91.cts.c, RDI systems is going to be shipping a Mac emul softwareator for the NeXT in the near future. Vaporware? No - they're omalready shipping a ROM-based version for the Sun/3. -Declan > > > > I'd really like to know what the author of that post was trying to say with > > this rather incoherent post. > > > > Just seems like another bitter Apple II owner, out to make life miserable for a > > Mac owner. Sad we have to have such things... > > > > > > uucp : ucrmath!alchemy!hzink | Achieve True Wealth and Financial Independence! > > INET : hzink@alchemy.uucp | Intrigued? - Send E-Mail! > > -----------------------------+------------------------------------------------ > > Wesley: "Captain, this doesn't look like the holodeck to me." > > Worf: "Ready to cycle airlock, Captain." Picard: "Make it so." > > (sorry to have so much stuff quoted, but its esential to understand this reply) > > Actually, the funny thing is that I'll always be an Apple 2 owner. I've got a > II+ sitting downstairs -- that will still be there when my GS has been replaced > by a Mac LC. > > Just think cars, instead of computers. > > I guess this whole arguement sounds like we were arguing, one and all, over > whether or not it made sense for me to sell my classic automobile for a new > sportscar. I love my classic, but its not as fuel efficient, fast, or NEW > enough for my tastes. Its served me well. I've put quite a few miles on it, > and now its no longer in production, so I have to switch to another model. > Now, I could be upset that time has left my "classic" behind. But its run > well, and it certainly has run better than one from another company. In three > years, I'll want a new car again. But my classic is starting to get too slow > for my needs, and the longer I wait, the longer I'll end up waiting... and > waiting... and waiting... > > I mean, don't we all *like* the Mac? What should a person do? Go out and buy > a *gasp* IBM just to make a statement? Or a NeXT? I mean, sometimes this > "Anti-apple" Apple 2 sentiment seems a bit ludicrous. > > Now I know I'm going to get flamed for saying this, but when the TSR-80, > Commodore 128, TI-99a, Atari 800/8 bit, etc., etc. became increasingly out of > date, a time came for the owners to move up if they needed more power. > > My original post was not meant to be taken as a "Mac is better than the GS" > statement. I said: "For me, the Mac will be better than my GS." > > Ben Youngdahl