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From: boomer@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Rich Akerboom)
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Subject: Re: System Seven is studly. How studly? Very. (was Re: 7.0) [Long!]
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Date: 15 Mar 91 23:58:31 GMT
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In <7178@idunno.Princeton.EDU> bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes:

>In article <91073.100027DLP@psuvm.psu.edu> DLP@psuvm.psu.edu (David L. Passmore) writes:
>>So, that's the relase date, but what does it mean? Should I get it?
>>Will it attempt to rape my Mac IIcx just like many of these other
>>upgrades do? I wish someone would post the major changes/advantages of
>>system 7.0. I am running Mac IIcx with 4 Mb of Ram under system 6.0.4.
>>How much of my life will be trashed in the uneasy transition to 7.0?

... [lots of interesting stuff deleted] ...

>- Therefore, if you have a Macintosh with only one megabyte of memory,
>upgrade it now to at least two.  System 7 includes a Multifinder
>that's integrated into the system -- you can't turn it off.  Therefore
>it *requires* 2Mb to even load into your machine in the first place,
>and probably 2.5-3Mb to be of any great use if you're a Multifinder
>enthusiast.  As soon as System 7 is released, hordes of people may
>very well create a backlog of SIMMs, and then you'll be kicking
>yourself for not planning ahead.

Just in case people haven't been following prices, SIMM's have been getting
more expensive since about mid December 1990. 1 Meg SIMM's, that is.

Rich Akerboom

PS I found out when I went to order in February.
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