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From: sb@pnet91.cts.com (Stephen Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: DO NOT GET RID OF YOUR GS, I plead you! (was:Re: GS trade-in)
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Date: 22 Mar 91 05:00:08 GMT
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unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes:
>
>In article <387.apple.a2.net@pro-nbs> asong@pro-nbs.cts.com (Andi Song) writes:
>>        I'm going to college soon (next year) and am worried about my
>>computer setup. I plan to lug my GS along with me, but am worried about
>>compatibility with the school's systems, which probably are Macintoshes. So
>>unless that damned Duet card (CirTech, are you listening?) comes out, I
>>might have to switch over to the Mac world. Or (GASP!!) IBM.
>
>	Oh come on. I am a senior computer engineering student and have
>had my IIGS since before I started college... Basically -everyone-
>on ucscb (the computer system where students/faculty/etc can get free
>public accounts) knows me as the "Apple II fanatic"...
>

I managed in University (University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada) quite nicely
with my Apple IIgs... never ONCE needed a Macintosh (sorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry) or
an MS-DOS machine. I wasn't in Engineering though. Friends of mine in
Engineering more-or-less NEED an MS-DOS machine because that's where the
Engineering applications are.  For a II owner, a PCT might be a solution, but
for people buying something new, a Clone is better.... and MUCH better than a
Mac... considering the installed userbase.

While you have your Apple IIgs... use it... love it... but if a man in a blue
suit offers you some Mac... just say NO! 


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