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From: kurt@doodah.UUCP (Kurt VanderSluis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: New Macs, HyperCard, Multifinder, and Memory Constraints
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Date: Mon, 12-Oct-87 14:41:23 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 12 14:41:23 1987
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> The new HyperCard (HC) and Multifinder are great (although I have only seen
> articles about Multifinder).  However, I have heard and read that to be able to
> use them concurrently (without problems), you need 2Mb of RAM!  Now if this is
> true I see a problem since the Mac SE comes only with 1Mb RAM.  Depending where
> you go (or KNOW where to buy hw/sw) a person who buys an SE will be forced to
> spend from ~$500-$800 more for a 2Mb upgrade (and installation fees at Apple
> dealers cost an additional $50-$65)!
> 

I think it's inevitable that computers are going to larger memory
requirements.  The needs are coming from several places - sophistication
and size of software, larger and deeper displays, more complex
operating systems (inc. MultiFinder).  To a corporate buyer, the
extra expense is not prohibitive if he feels that he is buing " a
machine for the future".  And Apple has said both verbally and non-verbally
that they are going in the direction of the business user.  This may
mean less support for the home "hobbyist".  The home market is not as
strong as people once thought it would be.  When we ordered our Mac II's
last summer, we anticipated the need for large memory and ordered them
all with 5 MB.  This seems adequate so far.  I hope that I'll outgrow it.
What I mean is that I hope to consider someday that 5MB, which seems
like monster memory to me today, is just a trifle.  Progress costs money,
and I guess I'm willing to pay for it.  I bought my home Amiga and for
a long time 512K was adequate.  With the software I use now, I had to
buy more.  It's worth it.


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Kurt VanderSluis                   *********************************
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