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From: minich@d.cs.okstate.edu (Robert Minich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Will Mac's go the way of Apple II's
Message-ID: <1990Oct2.190906.27339@d.cs.okstate.edu>
Date: 2 Oct 90 19:09:06 GMT
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Organization: Oklahoma State University
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by wogg0743@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:
| Hey, Mac-dudes!  You all should be rallying behind the Apple II and complaining
| about Apple's failure to support it.  Why?  Because if Apple will do what it is
| doing to its namesake, it will do the same thing to the Mac in five years or so.
| 
| Think about it.  Don't believe me?
| 
| Well, any of you Mac +/SE owners feel like you're being properly supported?
| Can you upgrade to color?  Is Macintosh Inc. moving towards the Mac II and
| forgetting its roots?  Hmm.  MacClassic, not withstanding, sounds like it.
| When NeXT went color, they made it possible to upgrade (or rather it will be).
|
| Also, Macintoshes keep going through different models.  Is there an upgrade
| policy?  Can a Mac IIci become a Mac IIfx?  Why not?  How long until Apple
| starts ignoring 68020 users?

  First of all, you can upgrade your IIci to a IIfx. Just sell the box and buy a
IIfx! The only things that wouldn't have to be swapped are the NuBus cards and the
keyboard/mouse! On the II--> IIfx, you just swap the motherboard. Why doesn't your
favorite car manufacturer upgrade an econo box to a luxury sedan? So what is only
the brake pedal is the same, right?
  I personally WANT Apple to forget about the 68000 Macs. In fact, I think it would
be Real Nice (tm) to have a complete break in the system software and rewrite it
with some 20/20 hindsight. That would go a long way to fixinig current problems.
Clinging to the currenet OS may very well cause the eventual downfall of the Mac.
-- 
|_    /| | Robert Minich            |
|\'o.O'  | Oklahoma State University| A fanatic is one who sticks to 
|=(___)= | minich@d.cs.okstate.edu  | his guns -- whether they are 
|   U    | - Ackphtth               | loaded or not.