Re: OS For IIGS

[Charles Hall <hall@thorin.brooks.af.mil>]

I agree Mitch.  When I finally stopped using my Apple IIs this year, I
replaced them with PCs because they were more in spirit like the Apple
II than the Mac is.  It's ironic that I had to go outside of Apple to
keep the Apple feeling.

Charles Hall
cwhall@hctc.net


>Mitchell Spector wrote:
>     Before I get flamed, this is _not_ a "Mac sucks" post, I'm just
> stating how I see the way things are. Also worth pointing out, I find
> the PC much closer to the Apple II than the Macintosh: The 7 internal
> slots, openness, expandability, the freedom to program how you want to
> (no toolbox and writing all your software to run in "The Finder" and
> Apple's set of rules and strict guidelines!) all the plug-in cards you
> can buy to build a custom system to _your_ liking. I find it almost
> like dejavu seeing adds for the "Pentium II". :-) The PC is not and
> will never be a replacement for the Apple II, but it approaches it.
> I really do not understand how people can move from the Apple II to
> Macintosh. Really all they have in common is the company logo on the
> case, but the fundamental concept and sprit that made the Apple II
> magical is completely lacking in the Macintosh. It is a closed and
> structed machine. How can a person like the Apple II and then like
> something that is so opposite like the Macintosh?
> 
> Mitchell Spector
> spec@vax2.concordia.ca