Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!think!ames!oliveb!sun!plaid!chuq From: chuq%plaid@Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Anti-Apple Flames (was RE: Apple's Attitude) Message-ID: <22665@sun.uucp> Date: Sun, 5-Jul-87 21:47:51 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.22665 Posted: Sun Jul 5 21:47:51 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 6-Jul-87 06:37:48 EDT References:Sender: news@sun.uucp Reply-To: chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) Organization: Fictional Reality, uLtd Lines: 46 >Obsolete? Heck, the Macintosh II is obsolete (when you see a Cray)! Not true at all, because the Cray isn't a machine that can reasonably be considered in the Mac market. Last I heard, for instance, it didn't normally come with bitmaps, 3.5" floppies, or run Mac software. So it can't be used to obsolete a Mac. >I wonder >how many people (and institutions) still have "old" Macs? According to the folks at Apple, about 20,000 out of 1,000,000 units. That isn't exactly what I'd call a heavy percentage of users -- 2% of total units is a negligible market, especially when a reasonable upgrade path is available. >It seems that >people who work in the computer industy have passed on the disease to the >people who use the computers. That disease is called "Mustahava >Latestjunkamus." It forces people to go out and order the "latest" a) >hardware, b) software, c) remote control, and d) pizza - even though the old >machine WORKS for them, and they have no reason to upgrade/buy the latest >thing. If you don't need footnotes and psuedo-IBM compatibility, stick with >goode olde MacWrite. Don't need multiple drawing windows on the screen? Then >MacPaint will still be your friend. I, myself, have the "Mustahava >Latestjunkamus" disease, but I don't think that this should be forced onto >the general computing public. You're overgeneralizing. I don't think anyone is forced to upgrade anything. There are still 20,000 users who are evidently very happy with their old ROM mac -- either that, or they've given up on it. But that doesn't mean that technology should stand still and wait for them. If you're happy with what you have, stick with it (I know at least one author who is very happil making lots of money writing novels on a TRS-80, for instance). But don't expect those of us who need (or want) more power to stay behind. I could not survive with a 128K old ROM machine -- if that was my only alternative, I'd be using something else. Technology moves forward. People either follow, or fall behind. Neither is right or wrong in a general case -- it depends on what you need. But don't generalize your case to everyone ellse. chuq Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ Touch Not the Cat Bot a Glove -- MacIntosh Clan Motto