Re: Aging systems

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

"Ronin Hyde" <roninhyde@mac.com> wrote in message
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>    It is just a tad funny that people have lost sight of this.. That a
> small aging system can still do jobs quite well. We have a tendency to
> keep seeking faster, more powerful and greater storage until we are so
> far beyond anything we could really use.

As your eyes (and your IIgs monitor) age you may find that you prefer
something with a larger screen and a finer dot pitch. I'm also not giving up
my WYSIWYG  word processor, digital camera, and color printer.
I enjoy firing up my Apple II's, but they are for play, not for work. As
time goes on, a larger percentage of Apple enthusiasts will be hobbyists and
people who weren't involved when the Apple II's were mainstream computers.

> If everyone else flees the Apple II scene, I intend to keep a
> IIgs (and maybe a small army locked away for replacements) as my main
> system to reinforce a more utilitarian view. Then again, maybe I'm
> headed to struggle with a funny jacket in a room with puffy wallpaper.

I'm with you on that small army. I have a stack of IIgs's in various
configurations. I just counted 9.
-Paul