Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!claris!outpost.UUCP!peirce From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: The future of the past mac Message-ID: Date: 10 Nov 90 21:58:31 GMT Reply-To: peirce@outpost.UUCP Organization: Peirce Software Lines: 29 X-Mailer: uMail - Mac Release: 0.1.4 In article <11390.273bec86@ecs.umass.edu>, hagan@ecs.umass.edu writes: > Isn't it sad, that apple treats the people who purchased their older > machines (when they were brand spanking new) like they were scum for > choosing such a low end machine, and that they should go out, and > spend outrageous sums of money for a new macintosh, in order to be > able to use the latest, and greatest system. Ho hum. Why do these flames come up every couple of months. When Apple stops selling a Mac, it's no reason to throw the thing away because it's "obsolete". Apple isn't treating anyone "like scum!" My dad bought a Mac 512 years ago and still uses the thing. I often nudge him to upgrade (so he can run some of the software I've written), but he replies "Why bother, it does what I bought it for every bit as well as when I bought it". I think this is a healthy attitude. Do I expect Honda to allow me to upgrade my Accord to a Acura NS-X for "less that the price of a new NS-X?" Nope, nor does Black and Decker let me do something similar with my toaster. I'm happy with my Mac IIcx. It'll serve me well for years to come. Who cares if Apple isn't selling it anymore. The machine didn't break the day Apple took it off their price list. I even use my old Mac Plus on occasions and plan on upgrading it to 2.5M RAM to run System 7 on it (for less than $100) sometime next year. No one's treating me like scum... -- michael peirce -- Michael Peirce -- {apple,decwrl}!claris!outpost!peirce -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- and Consulting -- (408) 244-6554