Re: Question about the number of Apple users vs Mac users

[Charles Richmond <richmond@ev1.net>]

william strutts wrote:
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> "Charles Richmond" <richmond@ev1.net> wrote in message
> 3B74737D.2940D46F@ev1.net">news:3B74737D.2940D46F@ev1.net...
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> >     [snip...]     [snip...]     [snip...]
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> > And it seems that very often a newbie on the Apple II will ask questions
> > here... So maybe the number of Apple II users is also on the increase...
> >
> 
> Hey, its all that cheap hardware that has been surfacing lately in
> the thrift stores that get people interested in the Apple II plus add
> in a bit of nostalgia and for those of us who couldn't afford an
> Apple II in the day due to the fact that we were  young, finding
> old Apple II hardware cheap was a lure to explore the Apple
> II.  That was why I got started on it about six months ago
> anyway. It is like those guys who rebuild old cars that they
> wanted when they were teens that daddy wouldn't get for
> them and now they rebuild them as a hobby when they are
> older. It is cool getting old hardware to work again and to
> explore what was possible in the day.  Now if I owned one
> when I was in college, it would have been really cool. :-)
>
Which I take to mean that you *agree*...Apple II users *are* on the
increase...fueled by nastalgia and the availability of cheap used
Apple II's that can be improved, hacked, worked with, etc... One
turn on for me is that the Apple II allows you to get "down and dirty":
you can *understand* it to the lowest levels much easier than a Mac
or a PC...

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