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From: asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: What to do with the GS
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Date: 15 Feb 90 18:01:48 GMT
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In article <9002150627.AA16436@apple.com> JWANKERL@UTCVM.BITNET ("Josef W. Wankerl") writes:

>>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.)

>Yes, I grew up on the II... and I wanna know *WHY* must I 'graduate'
>into a Mac?  Isn't my gs good enough?

Ditto.  I "graduated" to a IIgs.  For the price of a "decent" Mac system
(ie: IIcx/ci) I could buy my IIgs a laser printer, or a few very large
(1 gig) hard drives and a tape backup system and oodles of software, or
a decent second car, or a long summer vacation.  My computer keeps on
doing exactly what it does best, serve my needs.  A Mac (for me) would
only serve Apple's needs, mainly their bank account.  The next time I
graduate to a computer, it's going to be a NeXT or Sun Sparc station.
At least the price for those is justifiable.  Of course, that's allowing
that Apple continues a path of ignorance of the Apple II line (which I
pray does not happen).

-k