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From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: New Macintoshes and Apple's Satellite Announcment
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Date: 17 Oct 90 18:12:22 GMT
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In article <1990Oct16.221154.20681@midway.uchicago.edu>, francis@daisy.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) writes:
> 
> 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?

How long did Ford provide direct support for the Model A?  They're *all*
eventually going to be cut off from support.  Learn to live with it.

Look at it this way, there will be opportunities for third-parties to
support the machines that have fallen off the apple cart, as it were.

> (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.)

They don't have to, since the ci is now costing roughly what a cx did.

The cx was toast when the si showed up, costing more with lower performance.

On the other hand, all the older machines didn't stop working as soon as a
newer one was announced (contrary to the apparent opinion of some in this`
group).  If they do the job, why complain.  (And look forward to some
interesting upgrades, like to '040's, in the future.)

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