Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!ANDREW.CMU.EDU!rs4u+ From: rs4u+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Anti-Apple Flames (was RE: Apple's Attitude) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 17-Jun-87 15:57:24 EDT Article-I.D.: andrew.cUpjGYy00WI8yAk0bb Posted: Wed Jun 17 15:57:24 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Jun-87 01:19:56 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 48 While what you say is true, I think that your flame is still unjustifie. Consider the simple fact that Apple has done more than any manufacturer I know of to maintain upward compatibility across an evolving line of computers. I think it is unreasonable to expect programmers *not* to take advantage of the additional features that the 128K and 256K ROMs provide. The new features provide faster operation, bug fixes, and additional routines that make the task of writing a Mac application quicker and easi I'm sorry, but the 128K Macintosh and the 512K (old ROM) Macintosh are *obsolete*. I own a 512K Macintosh with the old ROMs in it, and I intend to pay $300 to upgrade to the 512KEnhanced. It's not much to pay. "What I'm looking at here is essentially a $3000 computer system that is becoming an obsolete piece of junk in less than 2 years..." Speak for yourself. By your standards, my nearly-2-year-old 512K Mac is an obsolete piece of junk, but I'm *still* doing useful and serious development work on it. And I don't own a hard drive. IF it's a worthless and obsolete piece of junk, then it's you who are making it so, and not anyone else. What about the IBM PC series? They're several years old, but most of them I know are still in use. (Not taht I'm defending IBM here; I'm merely providing example). The AT came out, and now the PS/2 series, but (and) both are incompatible with the original PC, but how much pissing and moaning do you hear from IBM owners? Think about it. --Rich R-Squared Development Systems 134 Horseshoe Drive Williamsburg, Virginia 23185 (804) 229-2152 [After 6pm eastern time only] Arpanet: rs4u@andrew.cmu.edu Uucp: {your fave gateway}!seismo!andrew.cmu.edu!rs4u Disclaimer? I don't even KNOW 'er! "Do you wanna be a cop or a lost cause?" -- Sean Connery, in "The Untouchables"