Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!preece From: preece@uicsl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Apple Mac - (nf) Message-ID: <5504@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Feb-84 22:42:56 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5504 Posted: Thu Feb 9 22:42:56 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Feb-84 06:07:25 EST Lines: 25 #R:ssc-vax:-79500:uicsl:7000050:000:1079 uicsl!preece Feb 9 10:04:00 1984 I can't really believe that anyone can still believe that Mac is aimed at the PCjr. I also can't believe that anyone looking for a computer would choose an IBM PC which looks downright primitive in comparison. It still early...but my impression is that Apple and Microsoft have created magic. ---------- Well, the IBM may look primitive, but it is still closer to compatibility with the rest of the world than the ever idiosyncratic Apple. I object on principle to buying a machine that is all of a piece and supplied from a single source. I hope it develops the kind of aftermarket the Apple II has, but it doesn't seem as likely. Those neatly integrated features make it much harder to bring in outside packages and one really has the feeling that the top people at Apple, if you could get real candor, would say "But why would anyone want something other than the stuff we're putting together?" On the other hand, if I could get one at the discount the University Consortium is getting, they could have my check right now... scott preece ihnp4!uiucdcs!uicsl!preece