Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!pt!andrew.cmu.edu!ja1w+ From: ja1w#@andrew.cmu.edu (Jesse Adelman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Anti-Apple Flames (was RE: Apple's Attitude) Message-ID:Date: Thu, 25-Jun-87 18:27:55 EDT Article-I.D.: andrew.MS.V3.18.ja1w.80020d01.media.ibm032.306.1 Posted: Thu Jun 25 18:27:55 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Jul-87 19:48:08 EDT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Lines: 26 In article , rs4u+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Richard Siegel) writes >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*. Obsolete? Heck, the Macintosh II is obsolete (when you see a Cray)! I wonder how many people (and institutions) still have "old" Macs? 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. Jesse Adelman JA1W+@Andrew.CMU.EDU JA1W+@TE.CC.CMU.EDU {BitNet? New type of fishing gear?}