Comments on: Apple IIgs vs Macintosh https://dfarq.homeip.net/apple-iigs-vs-macintosh/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apple-iigs-vs-macintosh David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Mon, 19 Jan 2026 23:09:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave Farquhar https://dfarq.homeip.net/apple-iigs-vs-macintosh/#comment-45937 Tue, 04 Sep 2018 22:51:13 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=16454#comment-45937 In reply to milan.

Yes, the Apple IIgs did have all three. It shows just how much the IIgs straddled the past and the future.

]]> By: milan https://dfarq.homeip.net/apple-iigs-vs-macintosh/#comment-45893 Sat, 01 Sep 2018 08:49:42 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=16454#comment-45893 Hello from Balkan 😉

Macintosh had Toolbox API with QuickDraw, Menu Manager… did Apple IIgs had same?
anyway, that was the future! – OS with API and 3rd party software relying on those APIs.
Steve Jobs took it to the next level with NEXT STEP (that eventually save Apple).

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