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- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.015607.43385@uu0570.foggybottom.com>
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- From: Neal_Pitts@uu0570.foggybottom.com
- Organization: Foggy Bottom / Washington, D.C.
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 01:56:07 EST
- Subject: Re(2): Farewell to the Mac? (
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- The Apple II went through a few more iterations after the II+... Let's
- see - the IIe, IIc, IIGS, IIc+. The IIGS is now the more up to date
- one, running a 16-bit operating system using the Apple interface
- (Finder, Teach, etc.). I've had a IIe and a IIGS and find them well
- suited to my tasks. I don't rule out ever buying a Mac, but until the
- usefulness of my machines runs out, I'm OK.
-
- It's also not easy to move to another platform after spending thousands
- of dollars on the one you have now and not being able to take much of
- anything with you (SCSI devices, modems, ADB devices, and some disk
- drives barred). When Apple dumped on the Apple II line by cutting
- support and encouraging developers to move to the Mac, it bothered the
- users because not only was the favorite machine being dumped on, but
- they were told to move to a foreign platform that cost more to support
- and couldn't work with their current stuff. Before anyone brings up the
- Apple IIe card for the LC/LC II, allow me to say it will only run Apple
- IIe software (not GS) and it limits you to the Mac LC/LC II, meaning
- it's really the best choice for educators.
-
- Anyway, the point is that many have said that the Power PC machines will
- be Macs (Power Macs is one name I've heard) and will emulate the CISC
- 680x0 machines and be running System 7.x initially. Also, as someone
- else pointed out, there will be third-party upgrade boards to Power PC
- for NuBus Macs. Last, I remember seeing some where that some high level
- Apple person (Chris Espinosa?) said "We will not do to the Mac what we
- did to the Apple II" or something like that. I don't think the thing
- about constant hardware upgrades is a big deal until the software you
- want to run requires 5 megs of RAM and you have a SE, or something like
- that. QuickTime is beginning to do something like that to older
- machines. When the software gets to big to run on your machine, then
- there is a big reason to cry. I can easily understand the thing about
- constant hardware upgrades being annoying (like the people who bought an
- SE a few days before the Classic came out and got flyers telling them to
- buy Classics), but it's really not as bad as not being able to use the
- next generation of software.
-
- Whew! :)
-
- NCP
-
- :) :) :)
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