Re: WHO killed the Apple II???

[Gabriel Morales <Togega@Concentric.net>]

Supertimer wrote:
>
> The Apple II and the Mac should never have been separate products.
> Either the first Mac should have been the IIGS or it should have
> been a Mac with a IIe co-processor option.  Coming out with a IIGS,
> getting II users to migrate, then stranding them is not right.  Neither
> is coming out with a Mac LC six years after the fact with a IIe card.
> 
> Either IIGS from the start or a Mac with a IIe option from the start.

I write:

	I completely agree. Either the Apple II should have been "phased" into
the Mac, migrating to a fully graphical interface and gaining Mac-like
features, like the Apple IIgs, while retaining Apple II qualities and
compatibility, or the Macintosh should have been transparently backward
compatible with the Apple IIgs.

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