Re: OS For IIGS

[airmaster@KCUF.org (KCUF airmaster)]

On Sun, 09 Nov 1997 15:02:54 -0800, pubpc1@library.ucla.edu wrote:

>> But the problem is that cloners weren't expanding the market any, they were
>> just taking sales away from Apple. It's hard to want to put R&D into something
>> and license it out and have people hurt your profits while making their own
>> and paying a pittance in license fees.
>
>Not expanding the market?  PowerComputing had the fastest PowerPC MacOS
>machines.  Umax addressed the Mac's hardware shortcomings by borrowing
>from the PC design handbook and had a price/performance ratio close to
>that of PC's.  Motorolla had the first CHRP machine.
>
>Each of the clone makers made _better_ products than Apple.  In trying
>to protect the hardware, Apple is going to kill the only viable
>alternative OS platform to Windows.  Think about it: until Compaq came
>around and gave IBM a run for its money, the PC designs were always
>inferior to Apple's (then the II series' IIe and IIc).  Until clone
>chips came around and gave Intel competition, Intel's chips also
>languished.
>
>The MacOS platform _needs_ the superior hardware of the clones because
>it is competing against PCs, which Apple can't control.  Killing the
>clones may decrease competition for Apple Macs, but it will be a
>detriment to MacOS.

I couldn't agree more.  The open market is essential to creating a better
machine, from understanding niche markets all the way to mainstream usage. 

>> It's neither here nor there for me since I wouldn't consider buying a clone.
>> None of them have the fit and finish nor the quality of the real thing.
>
>That's got to be the most lame-headed reasoning.  I used to have
>a Laser 128 computer as a portable companion to a IIe.  The IIe
>died long ago, but the Laser keeps on going (although it is now in
>the closet since the GS replaced it).  My experience has been that
>the clones are often _better_ in quality.
>
>I do like Apple's "GS" design, though (which later showed up in
>most Macs: look at their ventilation lines).

The Mac is just an art-deco paperweight.  Amazing the Laser survived that long,
as they looked like disposable boxes at the time (didn't some company Central
Point software used to be affiliated with make those things?).



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