Re: Apple's next move (was Apple II just won't die.)

[jamess@cts.com (Jim Stafford)]

: D. Price for a satisfactory machine must be low enough so that there is
: good reason to expect that non-II home users will be attracted. Taking
: "satisfactory" to mean, roughly, a 16MHz, 8MB (expandable), 65C816-based
: box with 8 Slots, mouse, 512MB IDE hard disk, 8x IDE CD-ROM, 1MB ensoniq
: Sound, SVGA monitor, SVGA-class plug-in Video card with at least 640 x 480
: 4096 color capability, ..., then, price should not be much above $1200.

You lost me here!! Give me scsi anyday over that ide crap! If you check 
out the PC world scsi is chatching on. Those new cdr drives are all scsi, at 
least all I've seen. That is the one big thing that keeeps me from using 
this 486 that was given to me no scsi! A good scsi card for it costs 
about $300.00. I have to much to buy for my GS right now.
:     Putting the above in clear, non-ambiguous terms: Apple absolutely must
: attract enthusiastic II user base support. If it succeeds in this, all the
: rest--  support from major software developers & vendors, net navigation
: wares, winning over Mac users, sales to new home computer buyers,
: education sales, and a jump in stock prices-- will follow.

:jamess          

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