Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!hubcap!gatech!rutgers!apple!bionet!agate!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!cod!rupp From: rupp@cod.NOSC.MIL (William L. Rupp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: A Serious Thought About the FUTURE <============================ Message-ID: <1295@cod.NOSC.MIL> Date: 10 Nov 88 17:40:40 GMT References: Reply-To: rupp@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (William L. Rupp) Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego Lines: 27 In article sk2f+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Seth D. Kadesh") writes: > > Attending college tends to make one think (at least it's supposed to). > ............ >different processors: the 68000 series, and the 6502 series. No other company >does this - I.B.M. computers are all in the 8080 family. Atari and Commodore >are also 68000. Where does this leave everyone? Apple has two distinct product >lines, and THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM!!!! I have nothing against the First, you are factually wrong on one point. Commodore and Tandy both sell computers using a variety of processors. Commodore sells the C-64 and C-128, which use the 6510, and IBM compatibles using Intel chips, in addition to the 68000-powered Amiga. Tandy sells Intel powered compatibles as well as the 6809-based Color Computer. On the future of the Apple IIGS (the IIe's, I feel won't be upgraded any more), I hope it does well, and feel that it can. I don't think it will ever be the hit the ][ ][+ and //e were, for many reasons. But it could thrive for a long while in education and the home market, *IF* enough GS-specific software arrives in the next year or so. Still, the Macintosh is where Apple's future lies. I know a lot of die-hard Apple ][+ & //e fans don't like this idea, but only 68020 and 68030 powered micros are going to be able to compete with the OS/2 Model 80's, NeXT's, and Sun's 5-10 years from now. Bill