toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) (03/17/90)
sb@pro-generic.cts.com (Stephen Brown) writes: >In-Reply-To: message from mattd@Apple.COM >Matt Deatherage writes: >> Todd, what would you do if you were working 60+ hour weeks developing new >> products for the Apple II just to read on newsgroups like this one that >> you and your coworkers are "developing at a snail's pace"? >I'd say to my superiors that I needed a greater number of people helping out >on these projects. Thank you Stephen. You've hit the nail on the head. Matt, one guy or even a hundred working their tails off is still a snail's pace if the machine itself isn't kept competitive with its opponents in the market and that's exactly what's happened to the GS and even the 8 bit II's. The GS could have been vastly improved quite a while ago but Apple was too stressed trying to get the Mac into a serious fighting postion with IBM; they seem to be turning around, but Apple is a much bigger company now; it will take a lot longer than everyone expects, especially when the dealer network finally gets a much needed refresher course in how to serve and not sell-sell-sell. The 8 bit II's could be manufactured really cheap and might even be K-mart-able (horrors, but I mean that cheap) and would suit the people who just want to run AppleWorks or do something else simple and otherwise not worry about the machine. These people don't pay a lot either and they won't be buying a Mac or GS anytime soon, probably a Clone, and they won't be using its full capability either so they are still technically throwing money away that they wouldn't have to if a cheaper machine still addressed their needs adequately. Apple has obtained access to a lot of state of the art technology and they have so many low end opportunities no one else has, if they'd only realize it. 8 bit technology can be made so cheaply that if people would stop thinking 'latest technology' then we might get some computers that address the diversity of the market -- by being cheap and reliable and more cost-effective than the latest. XT Clones still sell briskly... Apple could make some serious capital from the same effect. Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu
marks@pro-sherwood.cts.com (Mark Scango) (03/24/90)
In-Reply-To: message from toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu
You speak of many un-announced additions to the Apple II line that interest
me. Can you elaborate on the system v6.0 and the DMA SCSI.
-= Mark S =-