Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!philip
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: Last two posts I read...
Message-ID: <1991Apr7.233439.11058@utstat.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Statistics
References: <8436@crash.cts.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1991 23:34:39 GMT

In article <8436@crash.cts.com> crew.wicklein@pro-midnightex.cts.com (Chris Wicklein) writes:
>   
>   It's not that Apple II technology isn't competitive (a well equiped GS
>is on par with a fast '386 running Windows

Look I really like my Zip'd GS and consider the GS a fine, if very
overpriced, micro. However, you can't be serious when comparing a fast
386 from a good company to a GS. A fast 386 running Windows is far
better for most purposes than a GS. I am simply fortunate that these
didn't exist when I obtained a GS. Otherwise, I simply would not have
been able to make a reasonable case for the GS.

The GS, out of the box, can't even run its native OS properly. It's
simply a disgrace. At the most a GS designed to run its OS properly
would be worth the price of a Mac Classic. I must tell you that the
GS is, at this time, probably the worst price/performance computer
on the market. Apple should be ashamed of itself.

Philip McDunnough
philip@utstat.utoronto.ca