Re: WOW. You guys are ...

[schefflr@news.msus.edu (Bill Scheffler)]

CJ RedWolf (cjredwolf@aol.com) wrote:
: If you want to talk prices, then explain to me why I spent over $2800 on
: my GS system when it first came out? I spent CONSIDERABLY less on my
: "shiney new Pentium system" as you guys call it.. lets not compare apples
: and oranges.. compare apples to apples.. (Now theres a pun).. Thats like
: saying, well, I can buy a used 286 for $10 nowadays, god, its kicks a
: Pentiums ass for the price!  Of course the GS is cheap.. its 10 years
: old.. compare it to other 10 year old Technology if you think its such a
: great deal.. how much do you think you can buy a 286 with a couple 40 megs
: hard drives and floppies with a meg of memory and an IDE card.. maybe $75?
: Add a cheap monitor and printer and you can pay $200.. Comparing a Pentium
: with the latest technology to a GS is just plain stupid..

	I think the point was that the GS can do everything we want at a 
cheaper price and at the same time do it at a decent speed.  Sure, I 
could get a 286 for $75 bucks, but those suckers redefine molasses.  Of 
course the Pentium does more, but I don't _need_ (or in the Pentiums case, 
want) that power.  I don't do fancy computer work (although I love making 
my GS do some of the stuff).  The GS is the right computer at the right 
price for some people.  Not everyone.  Ya gotta love the machine to buy 
it nowadays.  At any rate, the GS is probably one of the best "obsolete" 
systems you can by and still have adequate performance.  I've seen a 8086 
PC take a half hour to unzip a file on a 360k disk...wow.  

	Well, this is my $.02 anyway.  Remember most of us are computer 
hobbyists anyway, so you're not going to convince us to stop buying stuff 
for our II's!

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