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From: stuart@ihlpf.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: support for older machines & Re: MultiFinder RAMDisks
Message-ID: <2957@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 10:28:30 EST
Article-I.D.: ihlpf.2957
Posted: Fri Dec  4 10:28:30 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 10-Dec-87 01:19:09 EST
References: <1927@unc.cs.unc.edu> <6664@apple.UUCP> <5104@oberon.USC.EDU> <10528@cgl.ucsf.EDU>
Organization: The Sage Hovel
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Summary: Keep posting, Apple people!

In article <10528@cgl.ucsf.EDU>, mday@cgl.ucsf.edu (Mark Day) writes:
> In article <5488@oberon.USC.EDU> kurtzman@pollux.usc.edu (Stephen Kurtzman) writes:
[Repost of Kurtzman's complaints about memory usage of new Apple software]
[Mark Day tries to explain again that the machines are still good ]

> >If you worked for me, at the very least, you would be severely reprimanded 
> >for insulting the customers. And I would probably prohibit you from posting
> >to the net from the Apple machine.
> 
> no! No! NO!..
> The "rest of us" on the net would like to encourage *more* contributions
> from people at Apple.  When you read their posts, you should realize that
AGREED!!
> they are replying as individuals, and not as Apple representatives.  
> Unfavorably commenting on the "professionalism" of their posts is only
> hurting the net.  The tone of the article in question may have been slightly
> sarcastic, but I wouldn't have considered it insulting, even if it had been
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I, too, was surprised to hear that Ed was being insulting.  First, he
tried to illuminate the idea that new software does not imply you can
used it ("next you'll want HDsetup to give you 20 meg on your floppies",
or something).  No insult, just an analogy to your expectation that
the new software cannot require more new hardware.  Then he said that
you were very confused.  If you misunderstand, you *ARE* confused, and
if the misunderstanding is great, then *very* confused.  This may be
an opinion, but not an insult.  Confusion is a fact, not an insult.

So let's just get to the issues - we would like to get more out of
our Macs, and we'd like the informed people (including people who
work at Apple, even when they are not *official* reps) to help us
out.  Don't stop this!!!!

MultiFinder is NOT a memory hog.  It does a LOT in only 80K or so.
I have had 3 or 4 applications running at the same time on a 1meg
Mac+.  The size of the applications is what counts.  I would, however
agree that HyperCard is a Hog.  It can be run reduced, but it really
eats memory.



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