Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!srcsip!pompeii!shankar From: shankar@pompeii.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Subash Shankar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: New GS ROMs Message-ID: <28403@srcsip.UUCP> Date: 18 Aug 89 17:39:21 GMT References: <8908181021.AA14057@trout> <34101@apple.Apple.COM> Sender: news@src.honeywell.COM Reply-To: shankar@pompeii.UUCP (Subash Shankar) Organization: Honeywell Systems & Research Center, Camden, MN Lines: 24 In article <34101@apple.Apple.COM> rewing@Apple.COM (Richard Ewing) writes: >For those of you who seem disappointed in this upgrade of the GS, let me >remind you that Apple never promised anything like the fabled GS+ model >that has been floating around the bulletin boards for over a year. [lots of reasons supporting Apple's decisions on the enhanced GS] For once, I agree with Apple on this one. I don't really see the reason for an upgrade since all the benefits of the new GS (except for the lack of slot reductions) are also available for existing GS users with add-ons. As long as Apple is sure to release new system disks every time there is a ROM upgrade and vice versa, there shouldn't be compatibility problems. Which gets to the next topic, the survey question, should upgrades be free? In my opinion, every toolbox and OS update should be free, but not hardware upgrades. Hardware upgrades should always be offerred when the lack of an upgrade would obsolete the old product due to software compatibility problems. Apple considers itself a premium computer, and it sells at premium prices, so it is reasonable to expect upgrades to prevent product obsolescence. --- Subash Shankar Honeywell Systems & Research Center voice: (612) 782 7558 US Snail: 3660 Technology Dr., Minneapolis, MN 55418 shankar@src.honeywell.com srcsip!shankar