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From: wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: New Macintoshes and Apple's Satellite Announcment
Message-ID: <9146@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 16 Oct 90 17:13:19 GMT
References: <1990Oct16.063654.2744@isis.cs.du.edu>
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
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In article <1990Oct16.063654.2744@isis.cs.du.edu> kreme@isis.UUCP (Fred Zeats IV) writes:
>Mac LC: Available January 91.  This machine is designed for one purpose and
>	one purpose only.  Kill the Apple ][ line.

  A worthy cause.

  Face it, it's really difficult to support a line of hardware which is
based on 1976 technology.  Really difficult.

  Judging from the way other large companies handle 10-year-old machines,
you should be grateful that Apple is providing IIe compatibility AT ALL.
Apple isn't going to stop supporting the machine entirely just because it's
no longer shipping.  You may not get any more system releases, but what do
you expect?

  The demise of the Apple II is long overdue.  If you want that kind of
machine, get a Commodore 64.  I hear they run about $200 these days...

-- Mark Wilkins
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