Re: Why still using Apple II?

[apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)]

In article <JH8pe.1429$I14.613@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com>,
Bryan Parkoff <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>    I can say that Apple II is great for hobbyist like us.  It is very sad 
>that Steve Worniak chose not to purchase Intel 8080 CPU for Apple II family 
>because he could not be able to afford expensive CPU so he chose 6502 CPU. 
>I assume that Apple Computer, Inc made a bigger mistake to choose 68000 CPU 
>and PowerPC CPU for Macintosh.  You may be very surprised that Apple 
>Computer, Inc has decided to choose Intel CPU for Macintosh this year and 
>next year.  It requires a big change that affects many software and Mac OSX 
...
>    I wish that Apple II should have Intel CPU today so it won't be 
>obsolete.  I feel sorry for Apple Computer, Inc that it is hurting bad.
>

You are welcome to your opinion.  But I am skeptical about AppleC
producing a Windows capable machine.  OS X may not be the OS of choice on
new Macs :-(  I also worry about reliability and heat, but I assume Apple
engineers have found a way to keep 3GHz+ cpus running without fans.  At
least current hi-iend G5's use liquid cooling (IIRC).  

I will soon order my last iBook while I can still get an IBM cpu core.
Only time will tell if the Intel cpu is durable.  

May Linux be with you!

  --Steve

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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)