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From: Jim.Spencer@p510.f22.n282.z1.fidonet.org (Jim Spencer)
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Subject: Re: 7.0 on an LC is sloow...
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Date: 18 May 91 03:16:58 GMT
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David Hightower writes in a message to All

DH> I'm not impressed with 7.0. It does have some nice features--customizing 
DH> icons, aliases, etc--but overall the things that it provides 
DH> I don't need. The balloon help is a real pain (although it was 
DH> neat to see it working with Excel 3.0), and why in the world 
DH> would I want labels? "red is hot, blue is cool, purple is personal"; 
DH> this has got to be the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen! 

You obviously haven't really found out what the "nice" features will do much less the things you find a "pain."  Balloon help can be turned off (its there for new users and for reminders on applications you don't use so much) and the labels can be changed to anything you want them to be with the control panel.  The color part of it is just an extra.  The point is that you can label things as being "Jack's files" or "MegaProject Files."  The key to this is that you can then list "By Label" from the view men






u.

Of course the primary things that System 7 does, besides cleaning up the System Folder which I think is a pretty significant event, are not obvious on the surface: better memory management, AppleEvents, Publish and Subscribe as well as low level IAC etc, personal file sharing, etc.

The fact that from a superficial look, you aren't impressed actually is a gold star to Apple: they've managed to add all kinds of features and major improvements all without users having to start from scratch (compare with OS/2!)
 
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