Re: New Apple II (was Apple's next move ...)

[dmcclain@runet.edu (Dennis McClain-Furmanski)]

Jim Wong (jd-wong@uiuc.edu) wrote:
: In article <4nk9rc$7oh@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, rubywand@aol.com (RUBYWAND)
: wrote:
: >      II users are easily the most knowledgeable computer users. (How many
: > II users post Apple II questions on comp.sys.mac?)  This authority
: > combined with product loyalty is a goldmine. Each II user is a good
: > prospect for buying IIGSX _and_ , once a IIGSX owner, also a persuasive
: > 'recruiter', as well.    
: 
: I'd question the first statement; I'd argue that the typical linux user
: has more general computer knowledge than the typical Apple II user. 

The time frames didn't overlap. There's no way to directly compare.
But given the amount that Apple II users knew about their machines and 
the software that ran them, and compared to the same knowledge in Linux 
users, I'd say the Apple users on the average had more complete knowledge.
They had less unknowns that Linux users.

I find the hacker mentality (in the OLD, GOOD sense of the word) to be 
very similar in the two.