Re: why did apple go mac?

[russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)]

In article <20001201021052.20558.00002344@ng-bj1.aol.com>,
Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:
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}original speed.  When the Mac LC and the '486 were the
}high tech models of the day, my IIGS could hold its own
}against any of them and, in my opinion, did the tasks I
}wanted to do (word processing, page layout, and telecom)
}better.  The printed page, produced on an ink jet printer
}with truetype fonts, was indistinguisable from that of a PC
}or Mac.

The LC was never the high tech model of the day.  When the LC came
out, it was easily stomped by the older II, IIcx, and IIci, as well as
by the contemporary IIsi.  Not to mention the fast but quirky
IIfx. The Mac II was easily superior to the Apple IIGS; the LC was a
step backwards.

}And now that Jobs is back, we have iMacs and G4 cubes.
}All of these point to the vision of a closed system that
}the user does not have to think of.

Fortunately we still have expandable systems as well, even in the Mac
world.
-- 
Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."