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From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Mac, GS, or GS+??
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Date: 8 Sep 88 02:46:55 GMT
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>     This is where my greater dilemma arises.  Since we really don't need
>     to upgrade today, should we wait for the newer GS to come out.  I
>     know it hasn't even been announced yet.  I also saw a rumor that
>     said Apple isn't even thinking about a new GS until the Macs have
>     better performance.  Can some people speculate what I might miss if
>     I get the GS today?  Do you think the GS to GS+(?) upgrade will be
>     outrageous? ($450+ or something in that ball park?)  Will the changes
>     be significant enough to wait? What do you think? Or should we just
>     get the Mac?

The short answer: Get the GS

Rationale 1) there is ALWAYS the greatest gee-whiz, gosh-golly computer
  you've ever seen just a few months away (the 65832 Apple II, the 68030
  Macintosh, the 80486 IBM PS/whatever).  You'll wait forever if you want
  to wait for "just one more improvement."

2) There are (or soon will be) accelerators for the IIgs which will
   make it just as fast (and probably just as good except for possibly
   higher graphics resolution which probably someone will provide with
   an expansion board anyway) as the IIgs+

3) The IIgs+ isn't likely to arrive for more than 12 months (want to wait
   THAT long?


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