Re: Apple Computer, What Are You Up To?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Supertimer writes ...
> 
> Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:
> 
> >Forrest <bctimes@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
 ....
> 
> So when it all boils down, what are the two biggest differences FROM
> THE USER'S POINT OF VIEW between ROM 01 and ROM 3 IIGS?
> I think this has got to be the AppleTalk Slot 1/7 thing and more memory.
> 
> Meanwhile, the IIc Plus can use hardware that the IIc can't and I mean
> can't as in can't no matter how you upgrade it.  You can upgrade the
> ROM 01 IIGS to be almost entirely like the ROM 3 by running the
> current GS/OS and adding more memory, but you can't do that with the
> IIc and get it to accept a regular Apple 3.5" drive.
 ....

     Agreed.

     There is a very easy 'test' for comparing the benefits of a //c--->IIc+ move
vs. a GS ROM-01--->GS ROM 3 move:

A. How many //c users would accept a no-cost swap to a IIc+ ?

B. How many IIgs ROM-01 users would accept a no-cost swap to a IIgs ROM 3 ?


     You are going to find a _lot_ more users going for the 'A' swap than for the
'B' swap.

     In the //c vs. IIc+ case you are talking about a huge performance gain in
moving to the IIc+.

     In moving to a ROM 3, the ROM-01 user gets, mainly, a bit of extra memory
_and_ some serious compatibility problems with old software. Since hardly anyone
needs the extra memory, the main "benefit" the former ROM-01 user will notice is
that a number of favorite oldies no longer run on his/her ROM 3.



Rubywand