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From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Version 7.0 questions
Keywords: version 7.0
Message-ID: <1991Mar20.185105.20121@convex.com>
Date: 20 Mar 91 18:51:05 GMT
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In article <1991Mar16.034517.3195@aeras.uucp> rob@aeras.UUCP (Rob Rogers) writes:

>My feelings exactly. I have 2 Mac II's, but I also have  2  SE's.
>My  company  is  2  to 1 for the SEs.  Does this mean I'll have 2
>different systems on my Macs? My SE's have 4 megs, but my  system
>takes  up  1.2M  alone. Now there's a minimum of 2 meg needed for
>7.0. Sounds like at least 2.5 M is going to be taken up as soon as
>I  boot  (goodbye  Illustrator). 

Huh?  How do you get "2.5 M is going to be taken up?"  System 7 replaces
your existing system.  The memory requirement does not come on top
of what you already use.  And the stated 2 meg requirement is *not* 
the amount of memory required for the operating system alone -- it
is the amount required for the operating system and a useable-size
application partition. 

>I also HATE the idea of double-clicking to open DAs and cdevs. 

So don't do it.  System 7 allows you to install *any* application,
desk accessory, CDEV, document, etc. in the Apple menu.