Re: A Tale of Two Apples

[ljsilicon@aol.com (LJSILICON)]

>  Simply because the GS initially shipped with not enough memory to
>be fully useful, in case you haven't comprehended any of the posts
>explaining this in the past. I'm going to try and keep this to short
>words to hopefully get this through your skull (or do we need pictures
>for the poor Mac user [pronounced 'Inferiority complex'] here).
>
>   With 256K of RAM, the GS could NOT load the operating system, the
>GS-specific tool sets which allow it to put up a Mac-like UI, and any
>reasonable application. In fact, there's no way you *could* completely
>load just the OS and the ram based tools whatsoever. Is that a problem?
>Heck yes, and you're in denial.
>
>   Therefore, this machine could NOT do what apple sold it as-- a
>small color mac compatible with Apple IIs; you needed to buy more
>memory to make it usable. Someone should have set up a complaint to
>the BBB, as this is a classic bait and switch operation. Please remove
>your blinders; Apple sold a machine without the RAM to live up to its
>billings.
>
>Nathan Mates

Thank you GOD! I assume this is a new user and doesn't know all of the ins &
 outs of the Apple IIGS. First of all, NATHAN, OH GOD OF GODS, the Apple GS did
 ship with enough memory to boot its original operating system. Since you would
 have been 12 years old at the time, you probably didn't even know where the
 power switch was on an Apple IIGS. Second, it was not designed to compete with
 color Macs because there were none. Sorry GOD. Go back to Delphi!