Re: Apple II obsolete???

["Tom Zuchowski" <71214.1670@compuserve.com>]

pubpc1@library.ucla.edu wrote in article
<5kvk1j$218i@uni.library.ucla.edu>...
> I disagree with your definition of obsolete, then.  I use both a '486
> PC (25MHz) and an Apple IIGS regularly and equally.  For word processing,
> I use the GS almost exclusively because at 13.75MHz, the GS runs its
> word processing and page layout software faster than the '486 runs its.
> For graphics processing and Netscape, the '486 is very useful.
> 
> But then again, based on your definition, a '486 is obsolete too, right?
> Come on, what is something that's obsolete?  A horse and buggy is an
> obsolete form of transportation because, in fact, it can't do most of the
> things that a car can.  However, would you consider a classic Mustang as
> an obsolete transport?  No, because you know that it can be driven around
> just like the latest Taurus.

Good heavens. A 486-25 is horribly obsolete. You're talking 6- or
7-year-old technology there. If you consider a 486 to be useful for running
Netscape, then you are a far more patient person than I am. I totally gave
up Web browsing on my 486DX-33 until it got replaced by a new system with
adequate RAM (nothing chews up memory like web browsing).

TomZ