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From: jason@lakesys.UUCP (Jason)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Thoughts on //gs Sales
Summary: You mean it isn't a toy?
Message-ID: <808@lakesys.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jul 88 11:02:18 GMT
References: <8807081916.AA13489@crash.cts.com> <1980*delaney@wnre.aecl.cdn>
Organization: Lake Systems, Milwaukee Wisconsin
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In article <1980*delaney@wnre.aecl.cdn>, delaney%wnre.aecl.CDN@ean.ubc.ca writes:
> [...]
> company.  I like you hope that the APPLE idea that the // series is only
> a toy syndrome does not spread.  Like you my apple is not an educational
> [...]
> 
> Grant

	I'm not trying to start flame wars here... I have a //gs (I'm using
it to type this), and I program using it. However, I think it's a toy. A
nice looking, nice sounding toy, but @ 2.8Mhz (2.5Mhz, really), it's not a
serious computer, given the context of most pc's today. Now, the reasons for
it being a toy is another issue entirely...

	I'm sure that everyone's heard about the //gs+. If it solidifies in a
major way (distribution-wise), I'll be happy, because it'll be able to outrun
my 68000 based machine (Atari ST), and it'll be able to out-display the Macs
('cept for the Mac //, and everyone knows how much they cost). Besides, the
more I look at QD, et. al., the more I like the //gs (especially when compared
to GEM or Windows...). If the //gs+ is as it's been described, it won't be a
toy.

-- 

	Jason - Not your average iconoclast