Re: What has changed in the Apple world last 6 months?

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <3a2e9a31@news.svn.net>, Paul Grammens <grammens@svn.net> wrote:
 
> Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca> wrote
>
>> Sometimes it's more than just getting work done, one
>> member of our user group uses his Apple II and AppleWorks
>> to make his living.
> 
> I don't doubt it. However, in an age where I'm getting older
> Power Macs and Pentium II's GIVEN to me, and new ones cost
> about 1/3 of what I paid in '90 for my first 386-25...
> Like I said, I find it astounding that people use them for business.
 
Why?  These old Apple's had enough CPU power needed by many
businesses.  The extra CPU power in modern computers is mostly used
for "visual sugar" (pretty-looking GUI's etc), without adding any
real content.  Or for idle cycles....
 
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