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From: francis@daisy.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke)
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Subject: Re: New Macintoshes and Apple's Satellite Announcment
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Date: 16 Oct 90 22:11:54 GMT
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In article <9146@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) writes:
>  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?

Don't be so sure.  Look what happened to the original Macs.  Apple
cut them off a couple of years ago; they no longer take ANY responsibility
for anything earlier than the Plus.

How long will it be before the same happens to the Plus, SE, II, IIx, IIcx?

(I was really shocked that the x and cx were killed off.  Some people are
going to need more than one slot, but won't want to pay ci & fx prices.)


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