Re: Which Apple II?

[email@luddite.ca (Simon Williams)]

Sheldon Simms <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com> wrote:

> For practical reasons, I agree with Paul, although it's my IIe that
> is on a side desk and my IIgs that sits on the floor in the corner.
> I just personally like the IIe better because I don't care for GS/OS
> that much.
> 
> To me, Dos 3.3 and Prodos are classic microcomputing, and GS/OS is
> a poor imitation of modern operating systems. These days I'm so
> spoiled by 1600x1200x32 accelerated antialiased graphics, I can
> hardly stand to look at the IIgs finder for more than 5 minutes.
> Demos and games are still ok though.

I absolutely agree... GS/OS is like Macintosh System 6 running on a
mechanical adding machine... An enhanced IIe with 4 x 5.25" drives,
mouse, and a Super Serial Card is all the computer you will ever need.
If you can find an amber monitor instead of green then all the better.
If you must have a GUI then Apple 2 DeskTop is almost as slow as GS/OS,
but nowhere near as complicated.

Second choice would be a //c -- handy because it's got all the standard
expansion cards built in... not to mention it is without a doubt the
coolest looking computer ever made.

If you're really in a bind, a IIgs makes a pretty good Apple II emulator
;-)

-simon

-- 
=LUDDITE ENTERPRISES=
http://www.luddite.ca