Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!haven!mimsy!mojo!russotto From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: The New Macs: Greedy Compromises? Message-ID: <1990Dec2.064958.23565@eng.umd.edu> Date: 2 Dec 90 06:49:58 GMT References: <1990Nov30.221018.15018@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu> Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (C-News) Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park Lines: 18 In article <1990Nov30.221018.15018@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu> anthonjw@clutx.clarkson.edu (Jason W. Anthony) writes: >Exactly! Yes! Don't you see this is beginning to happen to you! These >new machines are creeping in all these little exceptions and things >to be careful of. > >Frankly, I am very surpised your reaction was so nasty. I can understand >Apple getting sick of people complaining all the time. But that's our >job as consumers. My NeXT computer isn't going to be a Mac, and I am very >sad about that. I feel it is my responsibility to point out things I consider >mistakes, otherwise how do I expect you to avoid/fix them? Maybe I'll >think twice about it next time. Will that be an '030 or an '040? Cube or slab? Optical drive or 2.8MB floppy? Grayscale, 16 bit color, or perhaps 24? See, it's a fairly new machine, and you already have complications. -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu .sig under construction, like the rest of this campus.