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From: klaus@diku.dk (Klaus Ole Kristiansen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: MacClassic & System 7.0
Message-ID: <1990Sep24.121203.4792@diku.dk>
Date: 24 Sep 90 12:12:03 GMT
References: <12280@accuvax.nwu.edu> <8444@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> 	<2610@idunno.Princeton.EDU> <1990Sep19.203944.25371@sics.se> <1990Sep20.142124.7304@sics.se>
Organization: Department Of Computer Science, University Of Copenhagen
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ollef@sics.se (Olle Furberg) writes:

>In <1990Sep19.203944.25371@sics.se> boortz@sics.se (Kent Boortz) writes:


>  >I'm a bit puzzled about Apple Sweden's last move. They have cut the prices
>  >a lot for students on something they call SE Education ($1800, I assume this
>  >is not very cheap in US). It is an ordinary SE with 1 Mb RAM and 40 Mb hard

>I've seen this offer and I find it disgusting. They give the machine a new
>name and hopes that some students doesn't see through these acts of deception. 

>  >When system 7 comes they all lose. Of cause they can use an old system but
>  >who want to use an old system when you know about that there is one

>I've tried System 7 on a Mac II, it's hopeless slow. I can't think of anyone
>with such a great patience he could use it on a 68000-Mac.
>Sometimes I start my MacPlus with System 3.2 just to get some speed over it:
>there are still a lot of programs that works with it.

>Is Apple going to give any support for a less-than-two-meg-system to be
>used by us who can't afford an upgrade?

I feel just the opposite. I wish I had I Mac education. In march this year I paid more for a mac DSE with 2 HD drives than they now want for one with one HD and a 40M harddisk! 
Klaus Kristiansen