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From: tribby@hpindwa.cup.hp.com (David Tribby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple IIgs forever!
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Date: 22 Mar 91 18:23:35 GMT
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gt1077c@prism.gatech.edu (gt1077c JONES,MARK ANTHONY) writes..

> After reading some of the articles about the Apple decision to cancel the
> Apple II line (Officially, anyway!!), I find it very disturbing.

A new comp.sys.apple2 reader? Just because someone says Apple might be
cancelling the II doesn't make it so. Consider the source, and remember
that there are lots of rumors. There is no official word on dropping IIs;
in fact, Apple has brought out system software updates and a large new
software package (hypercard) in the past few months. They hired Andy Nicholas
last year and turned him loose on the Finder, so we're all expecting more
great things out of Cupertino :-).


>     ...  When I walk into computer stores now, there are only a few
> Apple II items, and tons of IBM and Mac stuff.  

Yes, this is disturbing. Here in the SF Bay Area, the largest stores
seem to have tons of IBM and pounds of Mac stuff. At least Egghead seems
to have a reasonable selection of Apple II software. I think II
users will have to depend more on mail-order. Check out the ads in
A+/InCider (the ads are the best thing in it) or Nibble, if you can
find them at a newsstand.


> I won't abandon my Apple IIgs like Apple computer has.  
> But it does make on think If it is really worth putting faith in a company
> that has shown its several million Apple II customers a cold shoulder 

Good philosophy...keep using the GS as long as it meets your needs. When
you need a new computer, remember how well Apple has treated you.

-- Dave Tribby

PS: Don't forget that April Fools Day is coming up. Be particularly skeptical
    of "official" pronouncements over the next two weeks!

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