Re: Apple does it again

[rubywand@aol.com]

In article <32F0F11D.4CA8@lexis-nexis.com>, "John E. Townsend"
<utownje@lexis-nexis.com> writes:

>
>Looks like Apple has abandoned me again, this time on the Mac side.  Not
>that I really mind that much, but I find it somewhat amusing to be going
>through this again.  "Been there, done that," as they say.
>
>The situation is that on Monday Apple released the latest version of
>MacOS, version 7.6.  Tucked in with the notice that the system requires
>16MB of RAM and 70MB of disk space is a little blurb about how it no
>longer supports Macs without at least a 68030 CPU or even the Mac SE/30,
>IIx, or IIcx.  Something about requiring a true 32-bit architecture, I'm
>told.  Of course, Apple will continue to provide technical support for
>users of these machines (ha!).  This all sounds so familiar, somehow.  I
>wonder how long it'll take before I can call into Apple's tech support
>line and tell them I have an SE/30, only to hear them ask, "A what?!?" 
>It's funny, really.  It hasn't been that long ago that these were the
>hottest machines available, and yet they didn't even last as long as the
>Apple II's did.  Makes you wonder about the life expectancy of today's
>machines, doesn't it?
>


     No; not really. For some time, a given PC model has been good for, at
best, three years. By then, it's time for a new motherboard, new Video
Card(s), new Sound Card, larger hard disk, and faster CD-ROM. (You can,
usually, keep the 'box', keyboard, mouse, and diskette drives.)  Display
monitors seem to span about two such upgrades.

     One problem with Mac stuff is that each such metamorphosis is pretty
expensive. Certainly, it is a good deal more expensive than it is for PC
owners. Another difference is that Mac OS changes seem to have the effect
of more thoroughly killing off machines which are not all that old.

     As for "... going through this again", look on the bright side. The
way Apple is screwing up, you and other Mac owners may, fairly soon, not
have to worry about annoying OS changes, ... ever.


       



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