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From: mmunz@pro-beagle.cts.com (Mark Munz)
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Subject: Re: Applefest SF '89
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Date: 2 Oct 89 00:20:30 GMT
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> That is a great feeling. But I have to wonder out loud, how long can App
> support 2 different computers. The Mac is for business and some home use
> well as the schools. The Apple II is a home computer,some business,mostl
> schools type computer. I am going into desktop publishing (I hope.) and 
> don't see Postscript type desktop programs for the IIGS or insanely grea
> page-layout programs for the IIGS(or any other II.) like Pagemaker or Qu
> express. I still use my IIe for some home use,but I am slowly realizing 
> will need power in the future that the II series does not have a lot of.
> This is just what I feel. I know some others don't care about the Mac. B
> MS-DOS world is just as bad.
> Cliff

 That's proof that different computers fit different needs.  The IIGS is
definitely not in the desktop publishing market (at least not yet).  However,
you are not going to get the color and graphics that get from the IIGS with a
Mac or IBM unless you've got MAJOR bucks.  And it goes beyond just the
hardware, the software is more expensive as well.

You could almost buy a IIGS CPU for the cost of PageMaker or Quark Express.
I think that says it all.

--Mark Munz