Re: why did apple go mac?

[Gabriel Morales <Togega@Concentric.net>]

Morel wrote:
>
> Well, as much as I like the Apple //, I have to say that improving the
> // would not have made much sense. I mean, when people are asked what
> improvements could have been made to the IIGS, they usually suggest:
> 
> -       Better processors
> -       Higher screen resolution
> -       Faster system bus
> -       Improved GUI
> -       Ethernet support
> 
> all things that would make the IIGS more ...ummm... more like the
> Macintosh.
> I cannot see any economic sense in investing money in IIGS development
> so that the IIGS would eventually converge to a Macintosh, which Apple
> already had.

	It seems rather simple to me. Build-in Apple II compatibility into the
Macintosh. FULL compatibility, where you could run GS/OS (and maybe not
even this, since the GS/OS would probably have not been made in the
first place) and Macintosh Finder apps in the same environment, and DOS
and ProDOS apps with no problems (much like MS-DOS under Windows).

	I'm pretty sure if Apple would've done this (full blown, from the
beginning) they would've kept much more of their Apple II user base. I
think a lot of Apple II users left Apple because of they felt
(rightfully so) "abandoned" by Apple, not because of any "expandability
views". Some users WOULD have had problems with the very first Macs, but
remember that later Macs were fully expandable, including the current
Power Macintosh G4 mini towers.


-- 
Gabriel Morales <http://GabrielMorales.net/>