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In article <42g94m$jbl@steel.interlog.com>, daveacg@interlog.com (Dave
Glue) wrote:
> MS has obviously tried pretty hard with the compromises they made in
> having Windows 95 run your 16-bit apps the best out of any new 32-bit
> OS for the PC.

I don't agree.  All they seem to have done is not actually make
it impossible to run old apps.  But this is probably because
their only real selling point is the overstated difference
in software availability.  If they started over, then the fact
would be they have less software than for the Mac (and they do
have less software if you want a good GUI)

> So, how are those motherboard upgrades coming for your Mac +?  Your
> Power PC 6100, even?  How about upgrading to PCI?  You're jumping back
> and forth between architecture and software responsibilities.

No.  I never upgrade my Mac+ and I got 8 good years out of it, never
having any problem with it not running new systems or application.
I was still going strong when Windows computes had been forced into
obsolesence.

> And yes, we can argue what Apple "might" do- but the fact is they
> haven't announced a port of Copland to the 680X0 architecture.  If
> they haven't at least announced it by now, don't expect it to be
> showing up within the same general time frame as Copland, if at all.
> The prospects for a 680X0 version of Copland look pretty weak.

Again, we have some speculation that Apple MIGHT abandon 680x0
with Copland against both the fact that Apple has not in past
abandoned older platforms and the fact that MS has, and continues
to, done just that. 

> I don't blame Apple for focusing on the PowerPC support, I just think
> stating Apple (a hardware & software company) "orphans" fewer of its
> customers than Microsoft ( a software company) is a bit erroneous.

No it isn't.  Your belief that Apple will do that doesn't mean 
they do it (or even that they really will).

> >And exactly how does introducing a new computer prevent me
> >from using the one I already have?  The only thing that really
> >obsoletes computers is not being able to run software (like
> >Windows 95).

> Check your resale value on that 6100 then.  Especially when a model
> significantly faster and cheaper comes out a month later.  

I was able to sell my Mac Plus when Windows machines bought
at the same time were worthless because Apple hadn't forced
it into obsolecense.  Of course anyone who worries about resale
value has to accept the fact that the value will drop as soon
as they buy it.  The point is that, if it is supported, it will
be useful long enough to get good value out of it.

> As I said, if someone wants to write a letter, how is MS obsoleting
> them?  Keep your 286 and run Windows WRITE in standard mode if you
> want.

If they want to buy new software they need a new computer.  The problem
is that, if MS wanted to do the work, they wouldn't have to.