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From: ditzel@ssc-vax.UUCP (Charles L Ditzel)
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple
Subject: Re: Why is the Apple so popular?
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Date: Fri, 26-Aug-83 16:16:46 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 26 16:16:46 1983
Date-Received: Mon, 29-Aug-83 01:35:43 EDT
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I am not an apple user but peruse net.apple because sometimes there is something
of value to me.  I own an atari 800 and I'm fairly abreast of applications that
micros are used for.

  I know for a fact that a california based architect uses apples as a means
of producing layouts (drawings). The apple is the core of this computer
aided design system!  The drawings are created on the apples and then
printed out on a big drum plotter.  Actually pretty impressive.
I know also that more than a few companies use apples for computer-aided
design purposes. Among them: an aircraft manufacturer, architects,
engineers,...

  I know also that a pretty high number of small businesses are
currently using the Apple (Atari - less so , I've only heard of two
or three) as the basis for doing their inventory.  The kite store
my wife managed for a couple of years did their books with an apple and
kept track of their inventory in the same way.

  My brother-in-law's father is using an apple to keep track of his drug
store's inventory.

I really believe that *alot* of small businesses use apples. 

As to the question of how far can you push an apple...i don't know.
I know that in the cases I've cited the apple has performed reliably and
once the people(who before this had never touched a computer) became
familiar with the machines, the question of what OS the machine used
probably was of little concern to them. Most people running small and
some not-so-small businesses don't need the power of a CYBER. 

This subject is an interesting one to me...i wonder how many other
things are done on apples[or ataris or 64s or franklins]?