Apple is dead!

[Marky_D_Sahd]

Gee.  I know what you mean.  Because of the STOOPYD Amiga, Commodore gave up th 128.  Now THAT was a machine.  "Apple II GS" my arse.
Byte me, mate.

[Marky_D_Sahd]

justthatgood wrote:

STOOPYD Amiga, Commodore gave up th 128.

Didn't the Commodore 128 push 64 users out of the way?  And did it have some really weird memory issues with the older software.  Ah, wouldn't that mean that the software would need to be rewritten?

The above was written in jest, mate.  (Gotta remember to use those smilies)  Yeah, both the Apple IIGS and the C=128 were great machines for their time, and their time was too short.  Just for the record, though, there were NO memory problems with earlier 64 software in the  C=128.  Thats because, for some reason, Commodore elected to put a C=64 into the case with a new, incompatable machine which ran the 128 programs AND a CP/M computer.  It was like three whole computers in one.  Problem was, C=64 style programs didn't run any better on it, because they were running on a stock 64. It was, however, 100% compatable.

 Hmm.  Maybe those guys who want the old chip set on the AOne board aren't that far off

[Marky_D_Sahd]

kedawa wrote:
Maybe Apple is undead.

Oooh!  Buffy the Imac Slayer!

[Marky_D_Sahd]

MacMiga wrote:

Anyhoo, on the subject of Apple, I'd just like to sat I have a PowerMac G3/400 in one of those sexy blue cases and it's a really good machine. I do, however, get pissed off by the fact that despite *looking* like they use PC hardware many Mac cards need Mac Firmware which automatically give comanies the license to print money out of our pockets. I was delighted to hear the AmigaONE is able to use a large proportion of PC hardware 'out of the box' with only drivers needing to be developed. It's a damn good idea and a champion way to beat PCs at their own game

Wow - nice, you have a CC - lucky you. I want one of those .

True.  This is actually the reason I've always been put off by Macs.  Not only are they more expensive right out of the box, butevery little doo-hinkey you add on has to be specially built for Mac.  Not that they aren't wonderful machines, just that the cost is a bit steep.