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From: S707503@UWEC.BITNET (MARK RINECK)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: What to do with the GS
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Date: 14 Feb 90 22:35:00 GMT
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I have been watching the discussion on this newsgroup for some time now,
and the general feeling seems to be this:

1) Apple must give users a 1-year warranty. 90 days is barely long enough
to break the machine in! A 1-year warranty is something that I would
expect from any computer company I bought from.

2) The GS must be clocked at 8Mhz at least to be a machine that is able
to support a graphically-oriented environment (GS/OS, AWGS as examples).
There is no machine currently on the market that is as slow as 2.8Mhz!

3) Since the GS is named for both "graphics" and "sound", each of these
areas needs improvement. The GS should come with two RCA plugs for
stereo built into the box. And, some RF sheilding for cutting down
noise wouldn't hurt either.

4) Higher graphics mode resolution, for what application, it doesn't
matter. 640 X 480 is at times very impressive and something the GS
needs!

5) Some support from Apple is definately needed. More features and a
*lower price* (this is a taboo at Apple, I know.) Apple could establish
the GS as the standard in educational and home computing if the
computer could meet market standards and come cheaply enough for a
school or a family to swing.

6) The GS IS NOT a Macintosh! The average family might be able to buy
an Amiga and use it for something besides figuring credit payments!
The GS needs a new target: it needs to be made into a machine that
a kid could grow up with, until he/she graduates into the MacIntosh.
(Wasn't the Apple II the computer most of you grew up on? It was for me.)

The main theme: Apple, get a grip on where the IIGS is going...what kind
of a future it has.

Markie

Mark Rineck                             S707503@UWEC.BITNET
CS Major at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
"I see death at my door, and whenchforth, I flail."