Re: Apple's PR Nightmare: The G4 Upgrade

[greg@apple2.com]

In comp.sys.apple2,
in article <mr7C3.1699$N77.112680@typ11.nn.bcandid.com>,
Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:

> Here's a post from csm.hardware.misc about the supposed nonupgradeability of
> blue/white aka ugly G3s to G4 processors. Good example of how Apple haters
> jump at the first thing they can find to bash Apple, whether it turns out
> to be so or not.

It sounds like from the ZDNet article[1] that there was something to work
around, suggesting that something was done that disabled G4 upgrades and
that it had to be subverted somehow to get it to work.

There's another rumor now that Apple will release a new firmware update
that will remove the restriction.  So far no reference is available.  My
trust is already shattered and I'll wait to hear the results others have
before I apply it to my system.

> BTW if anyone wants to whine about how this is off topic, whine to the
> people who started talking about G4 upgrades here [comp.sys.apple2].

Two wrongs don't make a right (but three lefts do).

Followups to comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc.

[1] <http://macweek.zdnet.com/1999/08/15/rfiwed.html>

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