Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!DBNINF5.BITNET!Noses From: Noses@DBNINF5.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: (none) Message-ID: <9002152215.AA14127@apple.com> Date: 15 Feb 90 22:15:07 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 31 Date sent: 15 Jan 1990 21:04 MEZ From: Achim To: Subj: re: What to do with the GS >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 If I get what I'm paying for I'm also willing to pay a high price for it. But it *has* to be worth it. >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.) Graduate??? I've seen what happened to the II line. If I'm going to buy a new computer because the II has finally been dropped it *won't* be anything from Apple inc. (or should I say Scully inc.?). I wouldn't call a Mac a graduation; it's rather a step back compared to the other things you can get for the same money. >Markie Achim (Noses@DBNINF5.BITNET)