Re: Difference between APPLE IIgs and IIe

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

The mortal Bill Cornutt wrote:

: : When I first got the computer, I tried the os that came with it,
: : and even had the IIgs updated.  But I was not impressed with it.
: : I thought it was a poor imitation of a Mac.  And it went back to

and Glenn Saunders (krishna@primenet.com) responded:
: Yes, but isn't a poor immitation of a MAC better than the raw and basic 
: 8-bit OS?  Unless the GUI was dog slow graphically, I don't see how it 
: could be construed as anything but a big step up.

To which I add...
It all depends on how you view the GUI...how the OS impacts on your use of
the machine.  Some of us who have been working with computers for a long
time and who are quite comfortable communicating with the machines through
the keyboard find the GUI to be a kind of 'take it or leave it' sort of
thing.  Add to that the fact that the GUI causes GS software to suffer
from a form of Micro$oft Bloat, and a speed hit as well...

That said, I do think it is nice to have a 16-bit OS.  In addition, it is
possible that the original poster was looking at Mousedesk rather than
GS/OS System.  That was a VERY poor imitation of the Mac.  Personally, I'd
rather have a 16-bit version of BASIC.SYSTEM to allow me to take advantage
of some of the system-level advantages of GS/OS from the traditional
Applesoft command-line environment (for instance, the ability to read and
write disks of various formats using the FST's...).

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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