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From: cs2531bn@charon.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: IIgs Too Wimpy, Seeking Greener Pastures
Message-ID: <2535@charon.unm.edu>
Date: 19 Mar 88 20:37:25 GMT
Reply-To: cs2531bn@unmc.UUCP (Lazlo Nibble)
Organization: The Wanqui Boyz Digital-Dub Hot-Tub Backrub Club
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> ...I'm thinking of getting an Amiga 2000 this summer... UNLESS, of course,
> this gs+ thing turns into a reality.  But Apple is FAST losing my interest
> (and many other peoples' I'm sure!)
>
> mcl9337@tamvenus.bitnet

Sounds familiar.  Most of the // people I know (four or five of us) are looking
into trashing the //s and gettting Amigas.  When I got my //e looong ago (five
years now!  Geez!) it was becuase it was the most hack-able machine out there,
and you could do the most fun stuff on it.  Unfortunately Apple has decided not
to keep going in that direction.  I didn't bother to upgrade to a IIgs because
the wimpy increase in processor speed didn't make it worthwhile -- when you can
get a 12MHz PC clone system (complete with 40M hard drive) or a rockin' little
Amiga 500 system, both for under $1500, what the hell's the point of spending
around $1000 for a new motherboard, monitor, and mouse?  Just so you can use
SuperHiRes (which is doomed to be nearly as slow as mundane HiRes, thanks to
the brain-damaged way they designed the graphics support for it)?  Ehhhh.  No
thanks.  The IIgs isn't really a new //, just an old II with a lot of bells and
whistles crammed into it.  With a faster processer and some more dedicated
hardware they could have done "old" // emulation in software and had a much
more powerful (and useful) machine in IIgs mode.

Barring something spectacular happening in the // department, my next machine
isn't going to be an Apple.  Which is kind of sad, because I've been a very
loud Apple supporter for a long time now.  Too bad they haven't seen fit to
stay competitive with what the other companies are offering.

Lately I've noticed a lot of other people who feel the same way I do.  I wonder
if Apple realises this?

Lazlo Nibble (cs2531bn@charon.unm.edu)