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- From: weigert@etlhit.etl.go.jp (Thomas Weigert)
- Subject: Re: IIsi vs new Macs - should I wait?
- In-Reply-To: dmeyers@mal-s1.gatech.edu's message of 18 Aug 92 20: 57:26 GMT
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- DM> In <1992Aug18.131234.9706@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades) writes:
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- > Yes, I know that there are a number of cases where people can't get
- >sys 7 versions of their software for whatever reasons, but that doesn't
- >make system 7 a 'disadvantage'. Incompatible, and sometimes even
- >unacceptable but there is nothing about System 7 that is disadvantageous,
- >and that was the point I was trying to make. For a number of people,
- >System 7 just isn't currently an option for them, but given the option
- >of either system version I still don't see there being any disadvantage
- >to choosing 7 over 6.
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- DM> Perhaps you misunderstand. System 7 isn't the disadvantage.
- DM> The disadvantage lies in machines which won't run older OS versions.
- DM> For people for whom system 7 is not an option, neither are new
- DM> machines which require it.
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- That was exactly my point also. If you spent $7000+ on a lisp board, and
- you know it will never run under System 7, then a machine incapable of
- running System 6 is not an option (no matter how nice System 7 is
- otherwise).
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- Cheers, Th.
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