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From: msicv01@ms3.UUCP (Jay G. Heiser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: IIgs Too Wimpy, Seeking Greener Pastures
Message-ID: <763@ms3.UUCP>
Date: 24 Mar 88 14:31:19 GMT
References: <2535@charon.unm.edu>
Organization: Automation Management Consultants, Inc., Arl. VA
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Summary: I feel like a traitor, but I'm not a fool either

I have to agree that the //GS is too little too late.  I bought my //e
almost 5 years ago & was happy with it for years.  At the time, the IBM PC
and DOS 1.0 didn't offer much.  Over the years, I've purchased the 2nd
64k, a mouse, the enhancement, a RAM board, a 3.5" drive, and buckets
of software that I don't use any more.

Now I've got a Zenith-248 AT compatible at work with 1 Meg, 21 Meg hard
drive, and EGA.  I can run programs off of the hard drive faster than my
old //e can run smaller, less useful programs off of its RAM drive.  I've
got memory resident programs that allow me to cut & paste between
multiple applications, a solid PD VT100 emulator, etc. etc.

The best news is that I can find a similar system for myself for under $2000.
Like I said, MS-DOS 1.0 was nothing special, but version 3, with output
redirection, path names, and gobs of good & free (or cheap) utilities is a
pretty fair OS.

All I use my //e for now is word processing, a mail list (not updated for
over a year), and terminal emulation.  (Dollars & $ense crashed last April
15 and I don't have the heart to type in another year's work for nothing).
Since I don't have a heavy investment in software, I can't think of any
reason to buy a //GS.

Personally, I'm waiting for the 80386 machines to come down to the price of
the 80286 -- then the trusty old //e will be gracefully retired.



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Jay Heiser                   UUCP: ..!umd5!vrdxhq!ms3!msicv01
                             ARPA: msicv01@hios-pent.arpa