Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!banana.cis.ohio-state.edu!macgyver From: macgyver@banana.cis.ohio-state.edu (wilson m liaw) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Portable yes, Mac NO ! Keywords: Software BOMB Message-ID: <74272@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 23 Nov 89 09:37:54 GMT References: <2106@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> <21247@ut-emx.UUCP> <1259@key.COM> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: wilson m liaw Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 25 In article <1259@key.COM> russ@xanadu.key.COM (Russell Donnan) writes: [....deleted] > >This I don't agree with. Most of the programs which don't work on the >portable follow the Macintosh Developer Guidlines to the letter. What >has happened is a machine which was not in the guidlines has come out, >and the software had to make an assumption about it. Now, please tell >me, if you had to make a guess... Would you think that a new Mac would >have Color QD? I know I would. Anyway, I'm sure the new software will >be out soon enough. Well worth the wait for the Mac Portable IMHO. In which place the portable didn't follow the Macintosh Developer guidlines? I disagree with the fact that you can assume a new Mac would have color QD. I mean, it doesn't exactly take a whole lot to check if Color QD is available, you know... Mac -=- Wilson "Mac" Liaw |Don't fall in love, it's too complicated. Internet:macgyver@cis.ohio-state.edu | - Molly Ringwald =============================================================================== Disclaimer:Nobody knows what I am talking about, including myself.