Re: Why Apple II?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <34C456A5.C6F47135@direct.ca>,
Troy Perchotte  <tperchot@_direct.ca> wrote:
>I'm curious to know why people here are still using Apple II computers,
>particularily the 8-bit machines?

   I kinda prefer the 16-bit IIGS personally, but it's still an Apple
II.

>Can someone give me just a couple of reasons.  I know that it can't be
>money, since older 386's sell as paperweights.  Not performance nor
>popularity.  Is it then just for sentimental reasons? :-/

   Compared to the bloated code from Microsoft running on most 386s
and 486s, Apple IIs are fairly fast. [However, with a real OS like
linux, an 386/40 is pretty speedy] It's not necessarily raw speed,
it's also perceived speed. Also, Apple IIs are real easy to program
and allow you to get to know all about the system, while some PCs and
especially Macs would like nothing better than to prevent you from
thinking about the machine and programming on it. Basically, they're
fast enough, user friendly (and not simply by putting up a point and
drool user interface), and programmer friendly.

Nathan Mates

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