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From: cmpeters@eos.ncsu.edu (C MAVERICK PETERSEN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: New Macintosh Strategy
Message-ID: <1990Oct31.144227.13576@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 31 Oct 90 14:42:27 GMT
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In article <77800049@m.cs.uiuc.edu>, gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
> Here is why you need VM in your macintosh.
> 
> At the previously mentioned rates, the SE and Mac Classic (4Mb) will
> be unable to support a "minimum" memory configuration in mid 1992;
> the mac II (8Mb, no PMMU) will be unable to support a "minimum" memory
> configuration in late 1993; and the Mac LC (17Mb) will be defunct in
> early 1995.
> 
> I hope that no buyers of these machines are planning on running
> current software and system/finder for more than about 4 years.


What?  I just don't understand what you just said:

If I buy a Mac today, then (you say) I can run _CURRENT_ for only four
(4) more years.  Apparently, all the _current_ software existing today
is going to just BLOW-UP in about 1461 days! :-o (accounting for leap
years)

Well, (I say) I think I can run all the software I have _right_now_ for
as long I a want--until I (or my machine) DIES.

Just my 2%.


C. Maverick Petersen
mav@eceugs.ncsu.edu  <or>  cmpeters@eos.ncsu.edu

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