Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <55asei$1n4o@uni.library.ucla.edu>,
 <pubpc1@library.ucla.edu> wrote:
>shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford) wrote:
>>The Lisa didn't sell worth a hoot at $10000 a copy. Ever used one? The system
>>isn't as good as the early Mac system. They run at a whole 5 mHz, a little over
>>half the speed of the first Mac. Even when the Lisa 2 came out and the price
>>was cut in half, it was twice as much as the first Mac. Not too hard to figure
>>out why it didn't sell. It didn't make sense to call the Mac XL a Mac since
>>it still ran Lisa's OS and apps.
>
>Except for processor speed, the Lisa was superior to the original Mac.
>It had true grayscale and a multitasking OS.

You would think it would be better, for 4X or 2X the price, depending on 
whether you're talking the first Lisa or a Lisa 2. I have a Mac 128, Lisa 2,
and Mac XL. I prefer running system 1.1 on the 128 over Lisa Office 7/7 on the
Lisa type boxes. It works more like IIgs system 6.0 and Mac system 7.5. Lisa's
OS reminds me of Windows, having to double click the icon thingy at the top 
left of a window to close it for example. I prefer the Mac system  partly
because it works like I'm used to I suppose, and I don't know how to use Lisa
Office System so hot.
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Randy Shackelford                                 
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