Re: What has changed in the Apple world last 6 months?

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

Howe Family <khowe@omninet.net.au> wrote
>
> There are many WSIWYG word processors for the GS. I regularly use the
> word processing module of AppleworksGS in preference to the many more
> modern machines I have at my disposal.

Sorry, but my IIgs screen resolution is so inferior to my PC's 17" monitor,
I wouldn't consider doing word processing on it.

 The GS boots up quicker than the
> modern machines.

That's a good point, and one that I find very amusing. We've really gone
backwards there, many of my old computers boot from ROM long before the
monitor has warmed up enough to display the screen.  Quite a contrast to
booting any of the newer OS's on the fastest modern hardware.

> >
> I am very pleased with the way my
> GS web browser is coming along. It is never going to provide the speed
> and power of a full browser on a new machine, but I think it will end up
> providing a pleasant web browsing experience with acceptable performance.
>

More power to you, then. Myself, I use the web for business, I need features
that are unlikely to ever be available on my IIgs's.

> Any computer is a combination of hardware and software. These days we
> have incredible processing power connected to terribly inefficient and
> buggy software.

Can't argue with that. Thanks for the thoughtful post.
-Paul