rich@pro-exchange.cts.COM (Rich Sims) (02/29/88)
Regarding the following comments on a "GS Plus"... >The GS is a great machine, to those of us who have owned Apples all of our >lives. But let's face it, in today's marketplace, the IIgs is too overpriced >for it's limited ability.. Running the other ][,// software is a great idea, >but I'd like to see an Apple II that started from scratch.. I'd like to see an >Apple II that says "F**K the compatibility!" If you got rid of all those //e >routines in the GS, it would be so much faster. Right now, the GS has to check >to see what screen mode it's in, is it in normal or fast, this and that.. That >is slowing it down! Plus, the tools need to be optomized big time! > >Watching the Finder work on the IIgs is like pulling teeth! It is soooo slow! I think Apple has already done most, if not all, of those things. They built one from scratch, with no Apple II, II+, or //e compatibility, and provided the fast graphics interface that was mentioned. Then they named it "Macintosh"!! I suspect that most people who buy a computer called an "Apple // <whatever>" are buying it *because* of the downward compatibility, not *in spite of it*. The other folks already have their Macs, and seem quite happy with them. (Ecstatic, even, if you talk to a real "Mac-o-phile") Then there are those few who bought a IIGS thinking it was a "mini-Mac"! That's just not the case, nor has Apple ever represented it as such. The Finder *is* slow... but there are a number of good alternatives which provide all the capabilities of the Finder, and an increased level of performance. (APW, ECP, ORCA, and a few others, too.) UUCP: [ ihnp4 cbosgd sdcsvax nosc ] !crash!pnet01!pro-exchange!rich ARPA: crash!pnet01!pro-exchange!rich@nosc INET: rich@pro-exchange.cts.com pro-exchange: 305-431-3203 : 300-1200-2400-9600/ARQ : login as 'register'