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- From: Holt@cheme.washington.edu (Brad Holt)
- Subject: Re: No AGA for current users!?! *Excuse Me?*
- Message-ID: <Holt-140992195441@128.95.214.231>
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- Organization: Chemical Engineering, U Washington
- References: <1992Sep13.195348.25807@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1628@lysator.liu.se>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 02:54:24 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- In article <1628@lysator.liu.se>, boberg@lysator.liu.se (Stefan Boberg)
- wrote:
- >
- > bdnee@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Bandes Dessinee) writes:
- >
- > >This AGA chipset incompatibility thing wouldn't piss me off nearly so much if
- > >they had introduced DIG/RTG/whatever the hell they choose to call it FIRST.
- > >Commodore would be nowhere without the existing userbase, couldn't they have
- > >the decency to look out for us first, before introducing something that
- > >makes our machines obsolete?
- >
- > Obsolete, adj. : no longer used ; out of date ; old-fashioned
- >
- > Has Commodore's release of the A4000 in some way affected your A3000 so
- > that you can no longer use it? How is your A3000 different today from what
- > it was four days ago (when no A4000 officially existed)? You can still use
- > it, but if you want better graphics you have to buy a new computer. So
- > what? If a car manufacturer brings out a new model with a better engine
- > you have to sell your current car and buy a new one - do you get pissed
- > off at the manufacturer? Probably not.
- >
- > Commodore has been much better than most other computer manufacturers
- > in this respect. Just look at the Mac for instance - none of the early
- > models are upgradable to a Quadra.
- >
-
- Not true. The Mac IIcx is upgradable to the Mac IIci which is
- upgradable
- to the Quadra 700.
-