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From: roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith)
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Subject: Re: New Macintosh Strategy
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Date: 31 Oct 90 15:28:27 GMT
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gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
> I hope that no buyers of these machines are planning on running
> current software and system/finder for more than about 4 years.

	I'm still running 4.2 (I think) on my MacPlus at home.  Works just
fine to support the few applications I want to run there (MS Word version
3.something, Dreams, CricketGraph, random games).  Havn't seen a need to
upgrade to 6.0.x at home yet, and I guess I won't see the need to upgrade
to 7.0 either.  Four years from now, I'll probably have the Plus stashed
away in the same closet where my Vic-20 is.

	At work, I run 6.0.5 on my cx, with inits up the wazoo, applications
like Word 4.0, Mathematica and Think-C 4.0, and silly customizations like
SonicFinder and a trash can that looks like Bart Simpson.  I also require
that everybody on the network keep upgrading so their LaserWriter drivers
stay compatable.
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