🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sat, 29 May 1999, Lawrence Nyveen wrote:

> In article <Pine.OSF.4.10.9905290013510.3560-100000@alcor.concordia.ca>,
> Alexander Fong <ap_fong@alcor.concordia.ca.takethisoff> wrote:
> > G3 is highly optimized and the system is built practically around it
> > (well, for OS X, that is).  I hear the G4s should be coming out in a few
> > years, but I haven't the foggiest idea what the specs'll look like.
> Latest buzz is the new year for G4 upgrade cards and G4 (Sawtooth)
> machines by spring 2000.

Probably to compete with Merced.  If they don't, Merced will have the
advantage.

> > I'm quite aware of Rhapsody and MacOS X, but currently, MacOS8 is
> > basically as bad as Windows in terms of how it's been stuck together to
> > maintain compatability with legacy software.  It would be ideal to just
> > throw all those away, but for some people that's A LOT of money (and it
> > wouldn't be smart for Apple to do such a think).  The next best thing is
> > to have a transition period... which doesn't always work so well...
> OS 8.1 is the most stable system I've ever run.

Yep, with all the patches and upgraded versions of the apps.  Thing is
that if you DON'T have the bugfixes, then you might find yourself on rocky
ground.

I still use 7.5.5 on a legacy 030/33, so OS8 isn't much of a big deal for
me... yet...

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                            Alexander Fong
                   ap_fong (at) alcor.concordia.ca
         Concordia University --- Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
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