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From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: system 7.0
Message-ID: <0B010004.1cgpfb@outpost.UUCP>
Date: 23 Mar 91 18:09:01 GMT
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Organization: Peirce Software
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In article <155289@tiger.oxy.edu>, wirehead@oxy.edu (David J. Harr) writes:
> 
> Of course one should never upgrade to a new system when you have one that is
> working perfectly well. Apple puts out new system releases only for the new
> Macs.

So we should all be running 6.0.0 right?

Apple does more than just support new machines with their X.X.Y releases.
They fix bugs for all machines.  Some software depends on these bugs
being fixed.

Apple also intrduces new features, some are abvious like the new sound manager,
other are less visible like a Time Manager that actually works or
a script manager that almost works.

Apple also introduces a *very* few bugs with each new release.  This
is how software works late in the twentieth century.

Why do you think Apple ships System 6.0.7 in the box with all new
machines (even "oldies" like the SE/30).

-- michael

P.S.  Then of course there are people like my father.  He still uses
his dual floppy Mac 512K and hasn't bought software in years...


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