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- From: Mel Walker <mwalker@novell.com>
- Subject: Re: Disadvantages of System 7
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- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 22:33:04 GMT
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- In article <956928.2A9A4A7F@cmhgate.fidonet.org> Adam Frix,
- Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG writes:
- >lsr@taligent.com (Larry Rosenstein) writes:
- >
- >> about a dozen 7's and about 30 608's my opinion is that there is no
- >> real difference unless you're into playing with your computer instead
- >> of _using_ your computer.
- >
- >LR> My wife (not a hacker) would disagree. She takes advantage
- >LR> of aliases and the Finder's Find command.
- >
- >yes, but would she be unable to get along without them? I take
- advantage of a
- >lot of features of my new Civic si, but if I had to (for whatever
- reason), I
- >could make do perfectly well with the Civic cx.
- >
- [wanting vs needing deleted]
- >
- >Having the latest just for the sake of having the latest is not, IMHO,
- >necessarily a good way to live one's life. (Many people _need_ the
- latest,
- >for whatever reason, but that's OK.) There are many people who don't
- need
- >System 7 features, are getting along just fine without them. A Mac Plus
- >running System 5 and Word 3.02 was more than adequate back then; is it
- any
- >less adequate for doing the same work today, just because System 7 and
- Word 5
- >0a are out now? Nope.
-
- Typewriters are also adequate. So are pens and notepads. Horses are
- adequate, as
- is walking. Being adequate may be some people's goal in life, but not
- mine. I like
- my cars with cruise control, my tape players with auto-reverse, my
- televisions
- with remote controls, and my computers running System 7.
-