Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pro-generic.cts.com!philip From: philip@pro-generic.cts.com (Philip McDunnough) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: the whole apple II line.(warning: long market stats) Message-ID: <8909250518.AA28930@trout.nosc.mil> Date: 22 Sep 89 13:45:05 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 17 Network Comment: to #5363 by microsoft!brianw@uunet.uu.net I won't argue with your wish to have the // line continued and improved.Apple has a rea potential gem in the GS. But,as you note, Apple's emphasis is on the Mac.The GS is losing its edge as technology advances.It's only a matter of time until IBM produces a home/educational computer with good sound capabilities. At that point the GS would be in real trouble.Its graphics'/text capabilities are poor,8 bit bus,no support,... .Statistics are difficult to interpret. I highly doubt the marketshare numbers you have quoted. Most of the ones I have seen paint a very different picture and show IBM having the top spots in retail sales.So I would be very interested in the methods used in arriving at this data. Something doesn't make sense. Philip McDunnough philip@utstat.toronto.edu