Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UALR.BITNET!RXBROWN From: RXBROWN@UALR.BITNET ("MR.FANTASTIC") Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: More Macweek Rumors Message-ID: Date: 8 Mar 90 14:42:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 56 Todd Whitesel writes...... > I'm just sick of Apple not telling us anything when what we need is real > reassurance and not hollow-sounding promises. I agree Todd, but little tid-bits of news (rumors) that we get keep us hanging on. Examples??? Hyper-card GS, ROM04, New SCSI card, System 6.0, I think it was Linda?? that posted the news about hiring a new tech man for the II. Things are not good and we are losing possible // users everyday. Now if these rumored products would show up soon, like within the next three months, we might get back on track as far as support from vendors, but as you said we need support from Apple. If that does not come with these rumored new products then things well continue to be the way they are. All of that was sort of misc. rambling, but my main point is that we keep getting signs that Apple is at least trying to give a little support even- though its not enough. I also think that the re-structuring going on might be good for the // line. Why? I am not exactly sure, but the things I hear from news and rumors is that they were blamed for poor sales, and I don't think that was just the Mac. I also think that if Apple dropped the // they would also die. From everything I have heard the // is still their main source of revenue. One last ramble. Trying to push // users into a Mac anything after all thats been happening looks like it would take an act of God. I had an argument/ discussion with a Mac user the other day, and he honestly could not see why somebody would not like a Mac. We should not have had that discussion, but we should have been talking about how to share information between our machines better. Instead I had to explain to him why I could do everything on my GS that he could do on his Mac. Maybe not as easy, but the main point was that I could do it. I also had to tell him that I like the Mac, but I Apple drops the // I doubt that I will buy a Mac. IBM is getting their PCs up to speed as far a graphics. I would miss my S in my GS, which is the best sounding computer off the market without enhancment, besides the NeXT. (And from what I hear unitl the Amiga 2500) comes out. We have better sound than the Amiga 2000 eventhough we don't have sterio. With a pair of self emplified speakers we come out on top. This is not a guess, I am stuck here with a bunch of Amiga users, and it sucks (Good thing I have GS friends close to where I live.). Well this got longer than I wanted too, but I suppect that I have wanted to say a lot of this for a long time, but have not. I wish Big Apple people would get on hear just to read what we say. A little light bulb might come on in their heads. For us who are here right now, I guess we have to hang on and support each other. I have six more payments left on my GS, that gives Apple six months (September), and we will see whats happening then. Apple //GS the power to be your best! Apple // 4 ever, or at least till the beer runs out! :) Robert Brown BITNET: RXBROWN@UALR America Online: ROBPHD Amiga? Just say no! I.B.M = I've been mugged! > These comments are subject to change if Apple does not get their SHIT stright!