Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UTCVM.BITNET!MQUINN From: MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: DO NOT GET RID OF YOUR GS, I plead you! (was:Re: GS trade-in) Message-ID: <9103180445.AA23724@apple.com> Date: 18 Mar 91 04:38:41 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 43 On Sun, 17 Mar 91 16:39:10 GMT timothy lee meekins said: > >A lot of people are getting some pretty warped ideas. I've some similar trends >on some local bulletin boards. Phrases such as "Oh I Apple might be >not making the //e anymore so I'm going to go buy an IBM." I took a Logic >class once, and somehow that has to be fallacious argument. For example, >I own a Buick Century; Buick quit making it but I didn't go buy a Ford >the next day. The car fit my needs. It does what I want it to do. Just >like my Apple II. These people used there Apple up until they heard a >rumor, so they must have been using the computer until then, so why is it >that it suddenly does't do what you need as soon as you hear a . >This doesn't make a d*mn bit of sense! I've never seen a bigger bunch of >wimps in my life. If the II never did fit your needs, then why did you >have it this long? Otherwise, why does it suddenly not fit your needs? >Just remember, a large number of these come from Mac users who >don't want Apple spending money on the II. When I got my first computer (Franklin Ace 1000--Apple II+ compatible) in 1982, it 'fit my needs' up to as much as I could expect for the price and the technology of the time. Times change, my needs change, technology and COST of technology are always changing at indirectly proportional rates. What suited my needs in 1982 won't suit my needs in 1991. What suits my needs in 1991 won't suit my needs in 2000. Actually, no computer can fully support my needs. I'll probably never see that computer in my lifetime, but for today, I need what's most advanced and economically feasible for me. I need a computer that I can learn from and learn skills I'll need when I eventually go out and get a real job after I graduate. If the computer I have now, will be supported in the future AND at reasonable prices AND is technologically comparable to other machines on the market, then I have nothing to worry about. If, on the other hand, it stagnates and is not supported, I have a serious problem. >-- >+---------------------------S-U-P-P-O-R-T-----------------------------------+ >|/ Tim Meekins <<>> Snail Mail: <<>> Apple II \| >|> meekins@cis.ohio-state.edu <<>> 8372 Morris Rd. <<>> Forever! <| >|\ timm@pro-tcc.cts.com <<>> Hilliard, OH 43026 <<>> /| ---------------------------------------- Michael J. Quinn University of Tennessee at Chattanooga BITNET-- mquinn@utcvm <------------send files here pro-line-- mquinn@pro-gsplus.cts.com