Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu!agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu!GAYNOR From: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: System 7 upgrade kit questions Message-ID: <1991May14.160159.26439@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> Date: 14 May 91 16:01:59 GMT References: <11409@ncar.ucar.edu> Sender: news@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu (Usenet news) Reply-To: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Organization: Ohio Cooperative Extension Service Lines: 35 Nntp-Posting-Host: agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu In article <11409@ncar.ucar.edu>, cruff@ncar.ucar.edu (Craig Ruff) writes: >One thing is not clear from the press releases. When you get the >personal upgrade kit, is documentation included? Either hard copy >or online? "SYSTEM 7 PERSONAL UPGRADE KIT Order No. M8220LL/A With your order, you'll receive: - Macintosh System Software Version 7.0 (eight 800k disks) - 'Before You Install' with Compatibility Checker (one disk) - HyperCard (r) version 2.1 (two disks) - Complete setup, learning, and reference documentation - 90 days of toll-free upgrade assistance - Limited warranty statement" quoted from the Macintosh System Software Version 7.0 specification sheet. (copyright 1991 Apple, and all that jazz...) The price for the PUK (Puck? Puke?) was $99 at the local MicroCenter. >Also, why not a personal upgrade CD-ROM kit? It would seem reasonable >to save a bunch of floppies... Not everyone has a CD-ROM drive. In fact, most "personal" users -don't- have one, I would hazard. So Apple probably thought there wouldn't be enough demand to justify designing another "Kit". However, there is the Group Upgrade Kit, which is the PUK, plus a System 7.0 CD-ROM, extra docs, 180 days phone support (as opposed to 90), and a right-to-update license so that you can use the GUK to legally upgrade other people. --- Jim Gaynor - AgVAX System Manager - Academic Computing - Ohio State University VMS: UNIX: Disclaimer : All opinions expressed here are mine and only mine. So there! Witty Quote: "Think, think, think, think..." - Winnie-the-Pooh, Taoist Bear.