Re: ZipGS or Second Sight????

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erik@hypermall.com (Erik Kloeppel) writes:

>In article <butchD8v16n.3Mq@netcom.com>, butch@netcom.com (G.Sanchez) wrote:

>Ask anybody who has one (like me, even) but I do dispute Mr
>Sanchez contention that "5 (at most)" programs that will see improvement
>via the SS.  Unless he counts the finder and any desktop application as
>one.  In fact, the desktop is THE reason to get the SS - Graphics apps are
>ok, but IIGS owners tend to live on the desktop - and the difference
>between the IIGS desktop on the 640 X 200 rgb monitor and the IIGS desktop
>on a 1024 X 768 desktop are incredible.

I also dispute that.  However, the Finder and other desktop apps will NOT 
automatically expand to 1024x768.  There is talk of a patch to QDII that 
will allow this, but it's still a long way from completion last I heard.  
However, you WILL get square pixels, and 16 REAL colors instead of being 
dithered (or so I've heard) 

>So, buy the Zip, cuz the IIGS is useless without it, but immediately start
>saving boxtops for the Second Sight, cuz the IIGS is only marginally
>useful without it.

I agree wholeheartedly with this.  A Zip will do much more than a SS will 
for your GS at this point.  A SS will be a worthwhile investment, but you 
need the Zip more :)