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From: 6600dtam@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Marc "Tae-Kwon" Tamsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: System 7.0 - Will it be on apple.com?
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Date: 13 Mar 91 10:32:35 GMT
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In article <0B010004.y8e4ga@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes:


>> if you decide to come back down to Syse

>It's not really that bad.  A couple of things happen:

>You have a Desktop Folder that contains all the files that used to
>be sitting on the desktop.  Mildly inconvenient, but no big deal.

>You pretty much need a seperate system folder for sys 6 & sys 7. 
>The structure has changed too much.  Again, a small pain.

>When you switch back up to sys 7, it rescans the disk so the desktop
>manager is up to date.  This doesn't happen when going back to sys 6.

>That's about it.  I often switch between the two and don't find it
>very hard to do.  Of course, once it goes final, I see VERY little
>reason to go back to sys 6 once you start using sys 7.  It's that much
>better.

I really don't like the fact that I can't use Norton Utilities to fix
stuff that goes wrong with my HD partitions that get "fixed" by 7.0.

I'd feel a lot safer if Norton could keep me safe at the same time I enjoy
using 7.0.

Just my 2 cents.
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