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Re: How many times must Apple make such DRASTIC architecture changes?



In article <qhoeagseqk.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com>,
 Eric Smith <eric@brouhaha.com> wrote:

> Gregory Weston wrote:
> > You're wrong and right at the same time. The IIgs came out after the Mac 
> > (and was a major architecture change from the prior II models, btw) and 
> > you've forgotten the Apple III and the Apple IV.
> 
> To which Apple IV are you referring?
> 
> Judging by part numbers, the Lisa is the Apple VI.

I don't go by part numbers. I go by succession of product lines, and 
I've heard Apple personnel - seriously or not - referring to the Lisa 
and the Mac as the IV and V for longer than I've been a Mac owner (and 
first first owned Mac was an SE).

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