Re: The Children of Woz (Re: Apple, Jobs, and the irony of it)

[hawk@slytherin.ds.psu.edu (Dr. Richard E. Hawkins)]

In article <pan.2003.08.24.17.07.03.833499@yahoo.com>,
Sheldon Simms  <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 06:35:39 +0000, Supertimer wrote:
>
>> Richard Kilpatrick <richard@dmc12.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>>>The G5 is 'insanely great' - it is the most 
>>>powerful computer /anyone/ should be able to buy over the shelf, use 
>>>right away - no assembly required, no shopping for cases, motherboards 
>>>and such

>I agree that the G5 is the best computer Apple has built in
>years, You probably have to go back to the Mac II to find
>a Macintosh that is as technologically advanced as the
>G5. 

The IIfx?

And another missed apple opportunity.  The appletalk on it was run by a
dedicated 6502 derivative at a time that Apple was trying to get into
home appliaces.  They should have licenced that thing high and low, and
run appletalk around the house on the outer pair of regular phone
sockets . . .

*sigh*

hawk
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