Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!

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> > Who started that slogan?  Apple or the Apple II community?  My
> > recollection was that it was the latter, but I could be wrong.
>
> Apple, shortly before they started cutting WAAAY back on Apple II stuff.
>
> Watch out for MacOS Forever.

Hehehe, yeah shortly after Apple announces that, they will probably
discontinue the Mac and everything with it!


>|>I have a slogan of my own.   It's "Who cares about the Apple II?"   (No
>|>offense intended to Apple II users, but I personally have as much use for
>|>an Apple II as a Wintel user would).
>
>none taken, 'cause it's your perogative....

I agree, there's really no reason to go on ranting about Apple and what it did
with the Apple II. It's past, history, done with. It is a bit humiliating to
see how people can go on about such a non-productive (or should I say
distructive) Subject. The Apple had its best years and now it's not really
more than a hobby - or not?
Sure, the people that can do what they have to do with an A2 will be happy
with the machine - but I doubt they spend their time posting news here. ;-)


>|>I never owned an Apple II.   I couldn't afford one, so I bought a Commodore

>|>64.
>
>i have the same feelings about the Commie 64 as you do about the
>Apple II series...

That's funny. I never used a Commie (hated it to bits) - because I owned an A2
and a Sinclair Spectrum (which was always rivaling with the C64). About the
same time though, I started using a PC. I still love the A2 - there's no
machine like it!
Another point of view.


>|>In 1996 I bought a Macintosh Performa 6400/180, and I am entirely satisfied

>|>with it and the Mac OS, and I am pleased with the future course of the Mac.

>
>ugh.  i never really cared for the Mac, in ANY of its incarnations.

>Why not?  Why is the Apple II better than a Mac?

It's not to do with what machine is better or has more power. The Mac killed
the A2 (probably) and that's basically where the grudge comes from. I owned a
Mac for quite some time - next to an A2 and a PC and a Sinclair etc. the
machine is very nice - don't understand why people are being so offensive
towards it.

>like WinDOZE even less.
>Well, at least we can agree on this!  :-)
It lets me do the little hardware projects for my A2 though! I do all my PCB
layout using W95 and really loathe the system - but try getting that sort of
soft for the A2 or Mac?
Hell, yes, I AM stuck with the Wintel machine - but only to do what I want to
do for my A2 faster than I could on the A2!


>|>Here's a list of stuff I would have never bought from Apple:
>|>Apple II
>|>Newton
>|>A/UX
>
>never bought a Newton, wouldn't have THOUGHT to try A/UX...  i HAVE a
>//gs, though. <g>

The Newton is quite fun - a little slow, but it is fun. It works too.

Hell, take it as it comes. They're gonna do what they want in any case -
despite all the moans and groans. I prefer to think of the active A2 time as a
pleasant part of my life - like other people love their dog 'spike' or their
first Baseball bat.


Ole

;-)
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