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- From: terjer@ifi.unit.no (Terje Rydland)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: Farewell to the Mac? (not flame)
- Message-ID: <terjer-181192084445@majestix.ifi.unit.no>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 08:01:25 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.193022.44891@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov17.193022.44891@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>,
- model03@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (John Deke) wrote:
- >
- > Recently I have noted that several people in the Apple ][ world are
- > anticipating with considerable glee the arrival of the Power Macs because they
- > believe that Apple will abandon the Macintosh in the same way that they
- > abandoned the Apple ][ and that all of those who purchased Macs will finally
- > get what they deserve. Personally, I owned and used an Apple //e for about 8
- > years before purchasing my Mac IIsi. I felt none of the betrayal and bitterness
- > that so many in the Apple II arena have apparently felt. Indeed, it seemed only
- > logical to me for Apple to move to the Mac, althogh I admit the transition
- > could have been smoother. Eventually, the Mac will be replaced by the new RISC
- > based machines. Some Apple II people I know seem to think this will drive alot
- > of Mac users over to PCs because we will feel rejected by Apple. I personally
- > look with much anticipation and excitement to the day when I can use a computer
- > even better than my Mac. However, I am very interested in knowing what other
- > Mac people think.
- > Do you think the Mac will be phased out?
-
- The Mac is mainly software. Apple has a very good System w/the best GUI in
- the
- market. This will not be phased out. We will see improvements though
- (QuickDraw GX,
- OCE, Casper, multitasking etcI).
- This will run on faster machines (RISC instead of CISC).
- At some point the CISC (680x0) based machines will not be able to run the
- latest
- improvements (like Casper f.inst.). This doesn't mean that the old Macs
- will
- be unusable.
- System 7.1 is constructed so that to add functionality you just drop
- a new extension on the System folder (like QuickDraw GX etcI)
-
- > If so, how? Like the Apple II?
-
- Don't know what they did to the Apple II.
- I think that the new machines will be just faster Macs, but maybe with
- another name (some people - or firms - will not buy Macs because they have
- been
- told again and again that the Mac is a toy).
- Maybe they will keep the CISC Macs for home-use (low-cost) and primarily
- market the
- new machines for universities and firms that needs the power of the RISC
- chips.
-
-
- > Is this good or not?
-
- Good!
-
-
- Terje Rydland
- Dept. of Informatics, UNIT, Trondheim, Norway
- Internet : terjer@ifi.unit.no
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