Re: Portable yes, Mac NO !

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From: wilson m liaw
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1989 09:37

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In article <1259@key.COM> russ@xanadu.key.COM (Russell Donnan) writes:
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>This I don't agree with.  Most of the programs which don't work on the
>portable follow the Macintosh Developer Guidlines to the letter.  What
>has happened is a machine which was not in the guidlines has come out,
>and the software had to make an assumption about it.  Now, please tell
>me, if you had to make a guess...  Would you think that a new Mac would
>have Color QD?  I know I would.  Anyway, I'm sure the new software will
>be out soon enough.  Well worth the wait for the Mac Portable IMHO.

	In which place the portable didn't follow the Macintosh Developer
guidlines? I disagree with the fact that you can assume a new Mac would have
color QD. I mean, it doesn't exactly take a whole lot to check if Color QD is
available, you know...

				Mac 



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