Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ptsfa!ames!amdcad!sun!news From: news@sun.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Anti-Apple Flames (was RE: Apple's Attitude) Message-ID: <23004@sun.uucp> Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 23:28:41 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.23004 Posted: Wed Jul 8 23:28:41 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 17:55:00 EDT References: <3088@pucc.Princeton.EDU> Reply-To: chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) Organization: Fictional Reality, uLtd Lines: 28 In article <3088@pucc.Princeton.EDU> DTREADW@pucc.Princeton.EDU writes: >In article <22665@sun.uucp>, chuq%plaid@Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: > >>>Obsolete? Heck, the Macintosh II is obsolete (when you see a Cray)! >> >>Not true at all, because the Cray isn't a machine that can reasonably be >>considered in the Mac market. Last I heard, for instance, it didn't >>normally come with bitmaps, 3.5" floppies, or run Mac software. So it can't >>be used to obsolete a Mac. > >Gee, its good to know that my TRASH-80 is not obselete next to the MAC II! >Last I heard, the MAC II didn't normally come with character codes for >graphics, a cassette drive to store programs, or run TRS-80 software. okay, as long as people are going to be stupid or intentionally obtuse about it.... If you are planning on using TRS-*80 programs or features, then yes, your TRS is not obsolete. What I thought was obvious was the fact that you don't make a given machine obsolete by using as an example another machine that costs two orders of magnitude more -- plust the raised floor and cooling costs. Now, when you can fit a Cray on top of my desk and have it cost $10,000, I might agree with you. Until then... Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ Touch Not the Cat Bot a Glove -- MacIntosh Clan Motto