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Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS
- Subject: Re: Apple Drops Backward Compatibility for Next MacOS
- From: pubpc1@library.ucla.edu
- Date: 1996/10/31
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: University of California, Los Angeles
- References: <5344fe$36v@masters0.news.internex.net> <54o8mq$1pm8@uni.library.ucla.edu> <54rh9b$1d8@europa.frii.com> <28OCT199612481191@vax2.concordia.ca> <55346l$217@bmerhc5e.bnr.ca> <554fjb$h50@elna.ethz.ch> <559kv3$j03@milo.vcn.bc.ca>
gareth@vcn.bc.ca (Gareth Jones) wrote:
>5. "FAster, higher, cheaper..." (A GS emulator is one thing, but
>emulation of a 14MB, 40 or 100 MHz GS is quite another. Given software
>bloat, running tight GS programs in emulation mode might be a _very_
>pleasant alternative to bloatware).
And that is why GS software will still be on my book even if there
are Mac alternatives. I have seen first hand how bloatware bogs down
Mac IIci's and '486 machines. You could solve the problem with brute
force, like with a cool but expensive Pentium chip (amazing preservation
engineering...their should be a 65816 based version!) or go with better
written (ie. more efficient) software like GS programs.