Re: Does Apple miss us?

[schooley@nps.navy.mil (Mark A. Schooley)]

In article g53@nexus.uiowa.edu, snelson@news.uiowa.edu (Steven Nelson) writes:
> From article <ddd1-2109950014190001@132.236.155.51>, by ddd1@cornell.edu (David DeMello):
> > In article <43k2eq$buo@news.rain.org>, avsystem@rain.org (Adrian Vance) wrote:

	-SNIP-

> > 	So what should Apple have done? Throw away the future of computing to keep
> > an old dog like the Apple ][ on life-support. Progress can't always move
> > along straight, unbroken lines. Sometimes you have to cut your losses. I
> > thought it showed great foresight on Apple's part when they discontinued
> > the line, and now we have really terrific machines coming out that blow
> > the old stuff out of the water.
> > 

	-SNIP-
 
> What is wrong with this picture?  The Macs are considered 'too powerful'
> for simple uses!?!?!  6 or 8 share a Mac where formerly 2 shared a apple II
> and 25 share 2 apple II's whereas it used to be 2 for 1.  Are the kids
> any better off?  Do a dozen Macs really replace several dozen Apple II's
> for simple word-processing, keyboarding, math drills, etc. ?
> 
> Everyone agrees the Mac's are more powerful, more capable, higher tech
> than the apple II's.  BUT for most uses the II's do equally well.  Why not
> use the (by now) cheaper II's in large quantities, and use the more
> expensive Macs only in places they are needed?  Our students would certainly
> benefit.  Outfitting the schools with Macs is expensive, and it will take
> several years to catch up with where they were just a year ago.
> 
> BTW, I teach and supervise my kids how to cruise the internet at home from
> my IIGS, since it is 'BAD' to cruise the internet from a Mac :-)  I hope
> they retain that idea for a LONG time to come. ;-)  Oops, I just proved
> your point - using II's is disgusting isn't it; bad, bad internet.
> 
>   --Steve  (steven-nelson@uiowa.edu)

I agree with Steve's sentiments 100%.  The way that Apple dropped the Apple II line
like a hot potato has convinced me not to purchase another computer from them.

I started on an Apple II+ then progressively worked through the IIe, IIc and are
currently staying with my IIgs (which I purchased in 1987).  I will not "upgrade"
to a MAC for the few things that I like to do (word-processing, databases, and of
course game playing :)) because the MAC just doesn't provide a big enough advantage
in these areas to justify my spending another $2000+ for a machine, just to have
Apple eventually drop them like a hot potato also.

Apple's track record on support of their machines used to be very good, but now try
to find someone at Apple Computer who knows what an Apple II, Apple III or LISA is.

Just my .02 worth of ramblings.....



			...Mark