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From: cbdougla@uokmax.UUCP (Collin Broadrick Douglas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: GS/OS and programming standards
Message-ID: <2668@uokmax.UUCP>
Date: 6 Mar 89 01:48:09 GMT
References: <8903041451.aa16786@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> <8997@claris.com>
Reply-To: cbdougla@uokmax.UUCP (Collin Broadrick Douglas)
Organization: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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>Apple pushed GS/OS out before it was ready; likewise with the set
>of tools (System 4.0) that go with it.  The support from within
>Apple for the development (if not the survival) of the IIgs has
>been, in my personal opinion, abysmal (sp?).  The system is buggy.
>VERY buggy.  After having worked on the machine for two and
>a half years (I started with an Apple II Gumby at StyleWare), I
>honestly can't say that I expect things to get better.
>
>My personal advice regarding the Apple IIgs is this: if you NEED
>an Apple II, by a IIc+.  Otherwise, BUY A MAC!!
> 
>Better yet, Jeremy, since you're at CMU, maybe you can get access
>to a NeXT.
>

   It sure is nice to know that someone from Claris has such support
   for the II line.

   I have a GS and I am proud of it.  I love it very much.  Yes, there are
   days that I wish I had more speed etc. but overall I am perfectly happy
   with my GS.  I knew when I bought my computer that I wasn't getting a real
   powerhouse, I accepted that.  If people wanted a really powerful computer,
   they probably should have gotten a Mac Se/30 or a mac II.  I am going
   to get the Transwarp GS AND the Floating Point Engine (if they will work
   together) and that will make the GS much quicker than it currently is.
   In fact, with those two add ons, I think that my GS will be fast enough
   to compete with most computers on the market.  Especially since most of the
   programs I use are 8bit (Appleworks, Proterm) but I use enough 16 bit to
   fully justify buying a GS (Diversi Tune, Graphicwriter etc.)  

   Another thing, My GS has color, does a Mac SE?  no
   MY GS has nice sound (a full 16 voices using Diversi Tune, yes, that's right
   Diversi Tune gives you ALL 16 voices)  a mac has four voices.

   My GS can run almost ALL apple II software.  I have seen the reviews for
   II-in-a-Mac and I am not impressed.  

   I still believe that the Apple II line is the most versitale computer
   in the world.  And you, Jeff Erickson, maybe you should go work for
   NeXT!

				A very MAD Collin Douglas

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