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- From: Mark.J..Sisson@p842.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Mark J. Sisson)
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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Disadvantages of System 7 (Was: IIsi vs new Macs - should I wait?)
- Message-ID: <714477687.F00002@blkcat.UUCP>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 19:15:03 -0500
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- MS> Well, having used both extensivley, and being responsible for about a
- MS> dozen 7's and about 30 608's my opinion is that there is no real
- MS> difference unless you're into playing with your computer instead of
- MS> _using_ your computer. For the techno-toy bunch, 7 is vastly superior.
- MS> For the just-want-to-use-it bunch, 6 takes less memory & disk space.
- MS> (and yes, memory is an issue when you have SE's around, and II's
- MS> already at 8MB)-- PMMU's, 4MB chips, etc all add up when you're
- MS> upgrading 30 machines.) Try explaining to someone why they can't open
- MS> up the same two documents they used to be able to.. And then try
- MS> explaining why the wonderful system their 'computer-expert' colleague
- MS> talked them into switching to isn't so good. And then try to keep them
- MS> from going back to typewriters
- Well,let's not be insulting or anything. I was JUST learning how to run a Mac
- when System 7 came out. I don't think at that point (or even now) I qualify as a
- member of the "techno-toy bunch"! I'm learning so I can use the computer at work
- in the printing industry. I found that System 7 made such things as moving fonts
- around (not something that qualifies as a "toy" in printing!) much easier than
- the ponderous device used in system 6.0.7-Font/DA Mover! Granted it takes more
- memory......and you can now get DAs that make system 60x act much like System
- 7....but so many things are soo much easier with 7 that I, for one, would NEVER
- go back to 6! And if you persist in using such inflammatory terms as "techno-toy
- bunch", I think you should move your messages over to Comp.Sys.Mac.Argue! :)
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