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

[misty@idirect.com (Sid Stulberg)]

Scott Weierich (scottw@onyx.southwind.net) wrote:
: Eric Dietrich (madscientist@treebranch.com) wrote:
: : Really?  Somehow, I doubt that.  75% of the IIgs's I have seen were
: : bought,
: : and are being used as feature-rich, fast Apple IIe's.  People who 

: I disagree. Most of my friends that have a GS use 95% GS specific 
: software.

: : And how many IIgs users out there use it as their only computer?  I find
: : it hard 
: : to believe that most folks don't have a pc or a mac somewhere on the
: : scene.  

: Better start believing it. My GS was bought in Aug 1987 and is still the 
: only computer I own. The only 8 bit programs that I use are ProTerm (I 
: own Spectrum, but have been too lazy to learn how to use it), the 
: Playroom, and The Treehouse. I own approximately 500 programs, so that 
: makes it less than 1 percent. I know several (more than 2!) others that 
: only have a GS or maybe a GS and an older Apple II. I think you would be 
: very suprised at how many of us there are.

: S
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