Re: Apple, IBM and PCs (Re: Apple, Jobs, and the irony of it)

[Exegete <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com>]

Richard Kilpatrick wrote:
> In message <20040103181023.03858.00002497@mb-m07.aol.com>, Supertimer 
> <supertimer@aol.com> writes
>
> > The thread should really read:
> > Apple/IBM versus Intel versus AMD versus Sun.
>
>
> Sun are releasing Athlon64/Opteron systems.
>
> And please, acknowledge that Apple, unlike so many other computer 
> companies, supported and developed their 8-bit line way beyond the level 
> that was considered reasonable in the 1980s. Imagine if Atari had 
> continued to develop the 800/XL, or Commodore the C64? 

Well, there was the C-128....

Roy

They /did/ have
> prototypes (though nothing as impressive as a IIgs), but no-one ever got 
> to buy one in a store. Apple's IIgs was a stunning example of bridging 
> the two worlds. They didn't fail to support the II range at all, they 
> might not have been into putting their full resources behind it, but hey 
> - if they had done, they might not have had the resources (made not only 
> from the II, but also the Mac) to put behind anything, because the Mac 
> development would have stalled.
>
> Richard



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