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From: metahawk@itsgw.rpi.edu (Wayne G Rigby)
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Subject: Re: Mac and Amiga (Games--Macintosh vs A500)
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Date: 15 Mar 91 05:36:59 GMT
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In article <19884@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:

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>Well, that's what Apple is announcing this year.  Like CDTV, or Mac OS release
>7, we'll believe it when it's out.
>
I have had the opportunity to use a Beta copy of System 7 fairly extensively.
Much of the things that are immediately evident is a reworking of the way
the GUI looks.  Much of it (like the textured "thumbs" on the sliders) is
pretty, and nothing much else.  There are some nice new additions like the
scripts allowing 'Launcher' like capabilities built into the OS.  I found
this Beta copy just a little less stable than 6.0.5 with the things that
would run on it.  It was extremely easy to crash the system at times.
(I was really surprised when PSpice crashed the system.)  It also was 
completely incompatible with Apple's 8.24 card (did not work at all).
The System file took easily 2 megs (we had over 3 megs for a while) and
would not fit/work on anything with less than 2 megs of RAM.  I didn't
find any real improvement with multitasking; the mouse pointer was 
smoother than system 6, still couldn't do anything during floppy formatting,
and couldn't access 2 or more drives at once.  I do like the scalable fonts
though.  I have heard that a new Beta copy (Gamma?) has been released 
since I've played with the one I tinkered with, but from the feel I've had
so far, it's going to be just a while longer before it's compatible 
enough to ship (of course, this is just my opinion).  It's nice, but I
have friends with Macs who've been talking about System 7 for much more than
a year now.  I didn't know about Workbench 2.0 until the 3000 was out (or
there about).  Talking about dangling an apple in front of the donkey
(puns intended).

     Now, anybody willing to trade their A3000 for my C128 one for one? 
I'd really appreciate it, as I can't afford one while paying about
$14,000/year in tuition alone (before loans/scolarships). :)
>
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