Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!wilkins From: wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: system 6.0.7. crashes Message-ID: <9806@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Date: 26 Nov 90 21:57:35 GMT References: <25975@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <1712@gold.gvg.tek.com> Distribution: comp.sys.mac Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711 Lines: 43 In article <1712@gold.gvg.tek.com> brandonl@gold.gvg.tek.com (Brandon Lovested) writes: >In article <25975@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> ack@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Andy J. Williams) writes: [ Stuff deleted ] >> 6.0.5 is the highest you should be running on >>the older machines (older = pre Oct 15 1990). >> > >I have 6.0.7 running on a IIx to take advantage of the new sound manager, and >it works fine. Yes, not only does it work fine, it works better, in all likelihood. In response to the person you quoted: This is really annoying, and it comes up every time a new system is released. What the folks at Apple MEAN when they say "this release is only needed on machine X" they mean that you don't have to upgrade if you don't want to. HOWEVER, as a cusory glance at the change history of ANY recent system release will tell you, new version of the system FIX BUGS ON ALL MACS. Unless the new version of the system breaks a particular application you like to use, UPGRADING WILL SAVE YOU TROUBLE, ADD FEATURES, AND FIX ANOMALOUS AND IN SOME CASES DATA-DESTROYING BUGS! It is true that Apple's marketing people don't always make that clear and usually, in fact, obscure the issue. However, no technical employee at Apple has ever said, in my presence, "don't upgrade" except when application incompatibilities hinder your work. Even in those cases, fixes to apps are often free, even though you may have to lie and say you just bought a IIsi to get them off your backs about using the new system. So, folks, ignore the nay-sayers and upgrade! Have the old system around just in case, but upgrade! It's worth the effort. -- Mark Wilkins -- ******* "Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude!" ********** *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------* * Mark R. Wilkins wilkins@jarthur.claremont.edu {uunet}!jarthur!wilkins * ****** MARK.WILKINS on AppleLink ****** MWilkins on America Online ******