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From: bob@eecs.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Why switch to system 6.0? (i'd rather fight than switch...)
Message-ID: <10330031@eecs.nwu.edu>
Date: 9 Sep 88 13:07:23 GMT
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Organization: Northwestern U, Evanston IL, USA
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> It seems to me that there have been numerous complaints about system 6.0.
> I realize that Apple promised 2 upgrades per year, but does anybody really
> need or want them.  The tone from the net is that almost every program
> crashes with 6.0, or that people are having pretty serious problems.  I AM
> In that category of users who would like to kkep up with "the pack", but
> sometimes I'm not sure why we're changing.  Since I have yet to hear one
> good word about 6.0 on the net, can someone give me a good reason to change
> from5.0 (which has worked perfectly)?.  I guess part of my point is that some
> of us who read this net need to hear both sides of the story. 

Why do we get system upgrades? For the same reason we get new hardware: to
be able to do more. Can I honestly tell you that you have to upgrade to
system 6.0 if you have to? No. 

However:

System 6.0 does add features to your Macintosh, especially if you have an
SE or a Plus. It does have some problems, but I've been running it since
it came out, and I really think it has an undeserved bad rep. No program I
use has broken (of course, I don't use MicroSoft products, which do deserve
a bad rep). As a developer, I want system updates like 6.0 (and the coming
7.0, and so on) as it gives me a chance to add features to my applications,
standardize features, and in general produce better products. 

So:

Do what you want with our Mac. It's _your_ Mac. However, if you allow
yourself to get far enough behind the times, you will find out that 
those sexy new programs won't work on your machine, because they assume
the existance of a sexy new system.

Bob Hablutzel		Bob@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU

Disclaimer:	I can do what I want with my opinions. They're _my_ opinions.