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From: chuq%plaid@Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Anti-Apple Flames (was RE: Apple's Attitude)
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Date: Sun, 5-Jul-87 21:47:51 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul  5 21:47:51 1987
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>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 Heck, the Macintosh II is obsolete (when you see a Cray)!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