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From: kamath@reed.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple
Subject: Re: InCider's comments on the new //GS
Message-ID: <4204@reed.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 5-Oct-86 16:46:16 EDT
Article-I.D.: reed.4204
Posted: Sun Oct  5 16:46:16 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 7-Oct-86 20:59:55 EDT
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Reply-To: kamath@reed.UUCP (Sean Kamath)
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR
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In article <7641B5U@PSUVMB> B5U@PSUVMB.BITNET writes:
>
>  Well, if you don't like the Mac, go on net.micro.mac and say so. It is
> only the most powerful micro on the market. And if you don't like the
> //GS, find someone who is selling their //e to get the //gs. No one is
> forcing you to use the computer you don't like.

Well, I expected it, and I got it.  I suppose I spoke before I quite had
my thoughts in order.  Why bother going over to net.micro.mac?  They all
love the mac, and I'd get hundreds and hundreds of dollars worth of hate
mail...  

I plan to buy a //GS.  I never really said I hated the //GS.

> [Misc stuff about //e->//GS expansion]
>
>  I think Apple has made a great move in maintaining the // series, and the
> //GS is just another step in the ongoing process. Now, if my roommate can
> afford the expansion....a //GS would complement my Mac Plus nicely.

I, too, think Apple should be congratulated on their efforts. I can also
see how a //GS could compliment a Mac+.

> Oh, by the way, I love the Mac, as it is much more powerful than most other
> micros, and the graphics you seem to detest I think help the ease of use.
> However, everyone is entitled to their own opinion...

Yes, I have my opinions...  First you say the Mac is the most powerful,
now you say it's one of the most powerful.  I don't want to get
nit-picky, but do you call a MicroVax a micro?  Never mind.

What I don't like about the //GS is the direction Apple is pushing it.
I think that there are many uses for the mouse.  Sometimes even in
wordprocessing :-). I love graphics!  I really do!  But why on earth do
you want graphics when you're using a terminal emulator on a machine
like the vax I'm on, and not using ANY graphics what so ever?  It just
slows things down.  What I hate about the mac is the user interface
(What!  Did he really SAY that!!!! Gasp!).  Frankly, it sucks.  before I
say something like "You can take your menu bar and. . ." I think I
better go.

> George A. Brownfield
> UUCP: {akgua,allegra,cbosgd,ihnp4}!psuvax1!psuvmb.bitnet!b5u

Sean Kamath

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