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From: rob@cs.mu.oz.au (Robert Wallen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: System 7 and Mac Plus/SE 68030 upgrades.
Message-ID: <3117@murtoa.cs.mu.oz.au>
Date: 4 Nov 90 21:53:39 GMT
References: <9514@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <1990Nov3.122558.28340@rodan.acs.syr.edu> <9516@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Reply-To: rob@murtoa.UUCP (Robert Wallen)
Organization: Comp Sci, Melbourne Uni, Australia
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In article <9516@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) writes:
>  Say again why you won't be upgrading to System 7?  Are you willing to put
>up with having features of your applications permanently disabled because
>you're not running the latest system software?

But more importantly, can my office survive upgrading when it has no idea which
elements of its software base will blow up till further notice?  My case in
point would be Excel 2.2 which worked fine at 6.0.4 but blows up when I make
a menu selection at 6.0.5.  Not to mention having downloaded 6.0.7 to see 
whether it would fix the problem only to read the fine print that sez it kills
Hypercard (pre-2.0).  I mean, what does Apple think its doing building systems
that break ITS OWN CODE!!!

Now YOU tell me what fancy explanation I use to my boss as to why I upgraded
the software on his machine that stopped him from seeing all his old spread-
sheets!  Just how many rev's back do I need to keep backups of Apple's system
disks anyway?

>  More to the point, how many people are still running System 5.0?  And what
>are they doing with their machines?  And if you complain about not being
>able to afford a $35 memory upgrade I'll personally walk to Syracuse and bop
>you in the nose, Sir! :-)

Point me at a store where a megabyte costs ME $35 and my nose is yours for
the bopping.  Although Australia may be a little far to walk ;-)