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From: philip@pro-generic.cts.com (Philip McDunnough)
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Subject: Re: the whole apple II line.(warning: long market stats)
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Date: 22 Sep 89 13:45:05 GMT
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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