Re: What apple ][ is the best?

[louiss@gate.net (Louis Schulman)]

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: louiss@gate.net      (Louis Schulman)
Subject: Re: What apple ][ is the best?
Reply-To: louiss@gate.net     (Louis Schulman)
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In <21JAN199809503433@vax2.concordia.ca>, spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) writes:
>In article "mflynch" <mflynch@msn.com> writes...
>
>>What is the best kind of Apple II? (//, //+,//c, ect...)
>>E-mail me at prodos3@geocities.com
>>
>>Tell me what you think
>
>    Simple. Without a doubt, the Apple IIGS.

.. 

Well, there is some doubt.  From the point of view of capabilities, you of course
are right, since the GS has the most features, 16-bit CPU, etc.  But of course
it is also the most recent.  I'll bet I can equip a 300 MHz Pentium Pro to 
outperform a GS, but what is the point?

To me, the GS is simply a different computer representative of the time it was
made.  The 8-bit Apples, however, are among the most historically significant
computers of all time.  They were in production 16 years.  And amazingly, they
can be equipped to perform tasks never even dreamed of when they were first
made.

My choice would be the //e, since while still incorporating the same basic
features as the first Apple ][, including a tape drive port, nonetheless supports
many modern features.  It is a true classic.  The GS, whatever its abilities,
is much less significant, and represents, for good or for bad, a modern computer
on the path not followed.

I think there has been a real trend towards forgetting about the 8-bit Apples and
focusing on the GS.  In the long run, however, it the 8-bitters that will be
remembered and honored, and rightly so.

Louis