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In article <1993Jan5.013851.23852@midway.uchicago.edu>,
jcav@ellis.uchicago.edu (JohnC) wrote:
> 
> In article <rsvanc00.726190074@mik.uky.edu> rsvanc00@nx06.mik.uky.edu (Randolph S. Vance) writes:
> >I recently purchased Apple's Macintosh operating System, Version 7.1
> 
> >Then, to my horror, I noticed a small note Apple packed in. It read:
> >
> >"If your computer does not have a 1.4 MB floppy drive..." (title)
> >
> >"If your Macintosh is a Macintosh Plus, a Macintosh SE, or a Macintosh II
> >computer and you do not have a 1.4 megabyte (MB) floppy disk drive, you
> >will not be able to use the high density floppy disks included with this
> >7.1 Personal Upgrade Kit.
.......
> >I think that Apple is mostly at fault for not providing the right disks
> >to start with. It's something I think will give Apple a bad PR reputation,
> >as well as customer service, especially for the majority of Macintosh
> >owners who don't have 1.4 MB floppy drives, i. e. Plus owners like me,
> >or everyone else. 1.4 MB floppy drives haven't been out long enough for
> >owners to start upgrading their systems. Also, I noticed on the "Required
> >equipment:" panel on the side of the box, the owner would need "An Apple
> >SuperDrive floppy disk drive", that's it. No explanations on what a
> >"SuperDrive" was or the size of the drive. Another big mistake on Apple's
> >part.
> 
>     The Superdrive has been standard on all Macs (but the Plus) since 1988.
>     It seems very likely that there are a lot more Macs out there with
>     Superdrives than without.  I agree that Apple could have been slightly
>     more clear as to the hardware required, but only slightly.  After all,
>     "Superdrive" really _is_ their trademark for the 1.4M drive.
> 
  I'm surprised.  The way it sounds, you've had your Plus for a _long_
time, but when the Plus came out, and companies started distributing
software on 800K floppies, there were a lot of disgruntled people (like me)
who could not afford to upgrade their 128K or 512K Mac up to the level of
the slick new PLus with the 800K drives.  Thus we were SOL for the hot new
software.
  Bu tthen again those were the days of System, Finder, MacWrite, and
MacPaint all on one 400K disk, with 75K to spare!
  Oh well, the price of progress .....  ;-)

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