Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!att!ucbvax!UTCVM.BITNET!MQUINN From: MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: My decision for the LC Message-ID: <9102140812.AA21333@apple.com> Date: 14 Feb 91 02:18:17 GMT References: Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 68 On Tue, 12 Feb 91 04:10:24 GMT Harry K. Zink said: >And Ben has piut it quite clearly that this is not one of those 'my computer is >better than your computer' arguments. It is simply a matter of people >prefering to move on to newer, better and most of all, better supported >technology while some people prefer to whine and scream about what they have >and how they want it never to change. Though the part about computer >illiterates above might have been meant as a joke, it is unfortunately sad but >true that apple II owners are starting to appear more and more than that bunch >of CP/M owners that still hovers over their machines, wishing CP/M were still >around. Granted, and amusing phenomenon, but definitely also sad to observe. > >Liek I said earlier, it seems to me that the only argument left to them is "You >just wait and see what apple will do to you next'. Pretty stuupid if you ask >me. If apple truly comes out witha new machine that leaves the Mac behind >(Like the knowledge Navigator) I will be glad to leave the Mac behind in >exchange for something new. Face it, technoogy moves on, and you have the >choice to either stay behind in the caves, or move up to the condos. I prefer >running water and central heating... :-) I like hat running water and central heating too, but I shouldn't have to move to a new apartment to get it. I pay damn high rent in the apartment I'm in right now, and I expect my landlord (Apple Co.) to provide it to me! Look, I respect your decision to go mac. But quit hanging around here and telling us that your computer is better and that we're stupid for liking our machines. I could list several reasons why it's stupid to get an LC, but I won't. It won't do any good. Why are you even on this net anyway? If you don't want a GS, and you want a mac, leave us alone, PLEASE! Go join info-mac. I'm sure they'd welcome you there with open arms. Quit telling us that the Apple II is an antique and can't be helped. We know you're wrong and we're sick and tired of hearing that same old record from mac users. Just because Apple has decided not to support us currently, doesn't mean that nothing can be done for the Apple I and that it's a hopeless cause. What you said about our only argument being, "wait in a few years and apple will do the same to you" is stupid. That's just ONE of the reasons we don't plan on switching to macs. The main reason is, we actually -LIKE- the Apple II more than the mac. Is THAT stupid? I think not. And this is not an 'argument' either. You're the one making arguments. These are simply OUR reasons for preferring the II. P.S. I don't think he was joking when he said that mac users are computer illiterate. I work in a computer lab with both ibm's and macs. The people that use macs are definitely, beyond the shadow of a doubt, less knowledgable about basic computer concepts than ibm people. Don't get me wrong though, I prefer macs over ibms anyday. It's just that when all you do is point and click, it's hard to understand what's really going on. I'm not saying ALL mac users are this way, just the majority of them, compared to the majority of other kinds of computer users... Apple II users being the most knowledgable, although, there definitely are Apple II computer illiterates. So, please, if all you're going to do is tell us how much better macs are than Apple II's and that we're stupid for sticking with Apple II's, please leave. >Harry > > 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." ---------------------------------------- f Tennes Michael J. Quinn University of Tennessee at Chattanooga BITNET-- mquinn@utcvm pro-line-- mquinn@pro-gsplus.cts.com