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From: farren@sat.com (Michael J. Farren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Amiga coverage in Byte
Message-ID: <1991Mar04.194114.14341@sat.com>
Date: 4 Mar 91 19:41:14 GMT
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jcav@ellis.uchicago.edu writes:
[On Macs and software compatibility]
>If you mean application software, then the major gulf is between programs that
>REQUIRE color and those that take advantage if it's there but still work
>fine when it's not.

Hardly.  The major gulf is between programs which require major amounts of
memory (not available on standard old Macs without major surgery) and those
which do not.  And since the latest versions of *most* of the powerhouse
Mac applications require major memory (even without running Multifinder), the
poor folks with their original Macs are out-o'-luck.  Color is not an issue,
at least not with the apps that people actually use a lot (Word, PageMaker,
Freehand, etc.).

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| Michael J. Farren                                      farren@sat.com |
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