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From: ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Will Mac's go the way of Apple II's
Message-ID: <2869@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM>
Date: 9 Oct 90 00:28:11 GMT
References: <143400015@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: 3Com Corp., Mt. View, CA
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In article <143400015@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> wogg0743@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>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?
>flame flame flame
>You get the point, of course.  If we can't trust 'em, can you?  Hell, no.
>You're as good as f**ked now.
>Bill Gulstad

	This is a rather pointless flame, how long can you seriously expect
	a company to support aging technology? There comes a time when you
	need to wake up and smell the coffee that 6502's don't cut it
	anymore. Same thing with the Mac's. Despite the comments about
	upgrade policies, that is something where I think Apple has
	excelled, no other company has provided upgrade paths for its
	machines as Apple has. From Mac SE, you can upgrade to a SE30
	which supports color. I fully expect there will come a time when
	68000 Mac support will be completely dropped. It may take several
	years, but it will come... Its a fact of life, everything comes
	to an end, and the sooner you realize this, the better off your
	going to be...
-- 
Norm Goodger				SysOp - MacInfo BBS @415-795-8862
3Com Corp.				Co-SysOp FreeSoft RT - GEnie.
Enterprise Systems Division             (I disclaim anything and everything)
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