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From: bsherm@umbio.MIAMI.EDU (Bob Sherman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Why not buy a Mac?
Message-ID: <1506@umbio.MIAMI.EDU>
Date: 23 Mar 89 07:29:49 GMT
References: <9108@claris.com>
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in article <9108@claris.com>, krazy@claris.com (Jeff Erickson) says:
> 
> 2. For those of you who would NEVER buy a Mac over an Apple II: Why not?
> 	Do you know what's available for the Mac?
> 
> 3. For those who hate the desktop/windows/mice enviroment: Why?  Note that
> 	this question really is for two groups of people: those who hate 
> 	the interface as it is implemented on the GS, and those who hate
> 	the whole IDEA of the desktop interface.

I'd like to toss in answers to two of your questions. 

On question 2, why should we the consumer continue to support a company
that failed to support us (if they drop the II line). Being burned once
is an accident, being burned twice in the same way is stupidity.. How would
we know that history would not repeat itself a second time when they 
chose to drop the Mac model or line that we purchased. What upgrade
path do they offer to Mac Plus owners or have they already been stranded.
With the expectation of the IIcx to be their "cash cow" of the 90's
where will that leave SE owners in a few years? or will that become a
dead machine as the Mac II line progresses?

Regarding your question #3.. If I wanted to play Etch a Sketch with a 
mouse, I would either use an Etch a Sketch program, or borrow my kids
Etch a Sketch.. When I am at a keyboard, the productivity is at it's
highest when my fingers are on the keys, not going back and forth to
the mouse. Keyboard control keeps fingers on the keyboard. That's why
programs like DB MASTER PROFESSIONAL are selling to GS owners as well
as IIe owners, high productivity time, with no waste playing mouseketeer.
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