Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!sei.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!rp23+ From: rp23+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ray Pelletier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: 32 bit addressing Message-ID: Date: 24 May 91 16:27:38 GMT References: <266626.283C328F@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> Organization: Psychology, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 35 In-Reply-To: <266626.283C328F@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> >>Second, unless you have a problem most of us don't, your machine is >>NOT defective. It does exactly what it was designed to do in exactly >>the way it was designed to do it. >SK> What utter nonsense. When the technical specification in my >SK> owner's manual says that the machine is designed to accept 4mb >SK> simms and it doesn't, then it is not doing what it was designed >SK> to do. It may still be highly useful, but if it fails to meet >SK> the design characteristics advertised by Apple, then it is defective >SK> nonetheless. > >Again, will you please READ what Apple claimed???? Your machine is designed to > accept 4MB SIMMs, and accept 4MB SIMMs it does. Ergo, it's not defective. Ex >actly how does your machine not accept said SIMMs? Oh, you mean that your OPER >ATING SYSTEM can't use them in a manner that's acceptable to you. (Please note I wouldn't buy a car from you. Yes, in the Owner's guide, Apple doesn't claim that the MacOS will in fact use memory beyond 8 Meg. But they don't warn Joe User that he wont be able to use the extra memory either. Unlike you, I do not believe in defending half truths. It would not have hurt Apple in the least to put a caveat in the manuals for those who aren't geeks in the know. But of course, no one documents the limitations of their product unless they could be sued for omitting the reference. I don't blame SK & ancestors for being upset. -Ray Pelletier