...LETTUCE) (09/07/88)
I am looking for some helpful hints before making my next step into
the computer world. My family owns an Apple IIe with a meg of memory.
My mother is the head of the math department of the secondary schools
in my school district. She is constantly on the computer writing
reports, writing tests, making spreadsheets, and using a database for
large math teachers association with AppleWorks. She also uses a IIe
at school.
We are now looking into upgrading/getting to a new computer. We have
narrowed our options to the Mac SE or the Apple IIgs. With her
educators discount, there is only a couple of hundred dollars difference
between the two.
She would like to go with the GS so she doesn't have to 'learn another
computer' though the Mac doesn't require much. She is also hoping
to use our next computer to be used in classrooms for tutorials and
demonstrations. This is where I think the IIgs wins. There are also
many IIgses in the school, so she can use those when at school if
she needs to.
This is where my greater dilemma arises. Since we really don't need
to upgrade today, should we wait for the newer GS to come out. I
know it hasn't even been announced yet. I also saw a rumor that
said Apple isn't even thinking about a new GS until the Macs have
better performance. Can some people speculate what I might miss if
I get the GS today? Do you think the GS to GS+(?) upgrade will be
outrageous? ($450+ or something in that ball park?) Will the changes
be significant enough to wait? What do you think? Or should we just
get the Mac?
What are some advantages to changing to the Mac SE? What is some
software relevant to her work? Expensive? Does the Mac have any
educational software/demos? Names and descriptions are always helpful.
Or should we even wait for the new SE? What do you think?
Any discussions, opinions, suggestions, help hints, or the like will
be greatly appreciated!!
Thank you,
Trevor
halp@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Bruce P. Halpern) (09/07/88)
Can one have both worlds by running Apple II software in a Mac+. This no doubt seems like a bizarre question, but I'm thinking of moving from an Apple //c in my office to a Mac+. However, my lab and home have Apple //e and IBM AT. I seem to remember reading about software that will accomplish what I need, but can't find it. Any help or pointers would be appreciated. -- | Bruce P. Halpern Psychology & Neurobiology & Behavior Cornell Ithaca | | INTERNET:halp@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu BITNET:D57J@CORNELLA D57J@CRNLVAX5| | UUCP:{vax135,rochester,decvax}!cornell!batcomputer!halp | | PHONE: 607-255-6433 Uris Hall, Cornell U., Ithaca, NY 14853-7601 |
c60a-2ce@web-2c.berkeley.edu (09/08/88)
Get a Mac! ANY Mac is better than the BEST II series (that is MY opinion). I've used my faithful //e for 6-7 years, until I decided I needed more. Well, I convinced "the powers that be" to purchase a Mac II. Needless to say, I'm stoked! In all honesty, my trusty //e just sits there now, waiting to be enslaved by my future BBS. Get a Mac! Get a Mac! Get a Mac! (Nah...I'm not biased...really!)
c60a-2ce@web-2c.berkeley.edu (09/08/88)
There is a Mac software (ONLY) package called ][ IN A MAC. I have messed around with a friend's copy and must say that it's quite interesting. The author seems to have programmed every Apple Monitor call and routine. There's even a feature that lets you open a window that displays step-by-step traces of the 6502 <-- this can show you more about an Apple than an Apple can! HOWEVER, there is a serious problem. I've never successfully converted an Apple file to work with this emulator (I've only gotten the given Dos/Prodos masters to work right). Of course, I was messing around with a friend's copy without benefit of any documentation. It seemed pretty straightforward, but who knows -- I may screwed up somewhere. At any rate, ask around about this and see if anyone's successfully ported Apple files to the Mac. If you find out, I'd love to hear about it (preferably thru email). Thanks!