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- From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: What's missing from Q700/Q950? (Was: Re: Apple Crippling Systems?!?)
- Message-ID: <mike_steiner-181292115004@192.35.50.131>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 19:53:20 GMT
- References: <Stafford-111292163405@stafford.winona.msus.edu> <1gdb40INNps@morrow.stanford.edu> <1992Dec12.211420.264@physc1.byu.edu> <1992Dec15.043807.3994@cs.wisc.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec15.043807.3994@cs.wisc.edu>, tonyrich@grana.cs.wisc.edu
- (Tony Rich) wrote:
- >
- > >> bill coderre writes:
- >
- > >> What would you like to see in a new technology-leading Mac?
- > >> What's missing from the Quadra 9xx and 7xx?
- >
- > 1. Free scriptable HyperCard again
-
- That's not part of the computer.
-
- > 2. Free system software & updates again
-
- Ditto. BTW, the system software you get with the computer is "free."
-
- > 3. Video support for 19" color monitors (1024x768) -- at least 8-bit color.
- > It wouldn't have to be accelerated.
- > 4. Educational pricing at $2000 or less per machine.
-
- Again, not part of the computer.
-
- > 5. A/UX right-to-copy licenses for $50 or less per machine (not $290).
-
- Ditto.
-
- > 6. Ethernet transceivers for $25 or less per machine (not $122.50).
-
- He asked about the hardware, not about what software you would like to get
- for free or reduced prices, nor what the price of the computer should be.
-
- > All of the above would make life easier for those of us still valiantly
- > trying to evangelize at our educational institutions...a job that has gotten
- > much more difficult with Apple's recent software unbundling decisions.
- >
- > Anything that isn't free or bundled requires a separate purchase decision
- > (like HyperCard, now). That's a huge obstacle when money is so tight.
- > We had trouble managing upgrades when they were free! Our department receives
- > no yearly budget allocation for software updates, for example, so every
- > update has to be use- and cost-justified against other possible uses
- > of that money. ANY extra costs are hard to justify when we already don't
- > have enough computers and the ones we _do_ have are outdated.
-
- Valid points, but not repsonsive to his questions.
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