From: kheth@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Kelly Roy Heth)
Subject: Re: Lets Just Steal 7.1!
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 21:08:47 GMT

In article <dnsurber.717367297@node_26400> dnsurber@lescsse.jsc.nasa.gov (Douglas N. Surber) writes:
>In <19s3pgINN8lm@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> craig@ec.uwa.oz.au (Craig Richmond - division) writes:
>
>>Mehrtens_T@msm.cdx.mot.com writes:
>
>>Back in the Dim Dark days when a Mac SE cost A$6500 (more than a Quaddra 700
>>CPU now does) you deserved to get the operating system for the price of the
>>computer.  These days with Mac CPU's costing less and less it is not that
>>unreasonable to expect to have to pay for your operating system as well.
>
>I can get a 50Mh 486 with several MB of RAM 100MB disk and Super VGA monitor
>for under $2000. A Performa 400 with monitor is supposed to be about the 
>same price (according to MacLeak), but nowhere near the performance. Macs are
>still expensive compared to clones.
>
>I bought my first Mac (a 128) in '84.  I have since bought a Plus, a II, and
>I just bought a PB140.  I figure I have given Apple good money over the
>years for system software so I'm not real keen on shelling out more money for
>a dot release.  I'm just going to live with 7.0.1 + tuner.
>
>Hear that developers, I'm an early adopter and I'm not going to pay for
>7.1.  Be prepared to support 7.0.1 forever.
>
>I figure that the PB140 is going to be my last Mac.  My next machine is going
>to be some kind of RISC box running Unix or Windows NT or OSF1 or Pink.
>Remember Apple, I'm one of the people who made the Mac the success it is.
>And when you launch your next family of machines, I'm going to remember how
>you treated me.  Yeah, everybody else charges for system software, but Mac
>was the computer for the rest of us.
>
>Douglas Surber
>Lockheed
>Houston, TX

It's a shame that certain people base their entire purchase of a system solely
on price alone rather than looking at other things such as the ease of use of
software, etc. When I bought my Mac, I researched for several months on which
software I wanted to use, and was easy to use, and did what I wanted it to do.
I looked at three platforms: Mac, IBM, and Amiga. I came to the conclusion that
the Mac was the machine for me not because of the System software being free
(hell, I still own an IBM clone and I just bought MS-DOS 5.0 upgrade) but
because the software is excellent. It may be slower, but on a business point of
view, don't you think that productivity is more important that speed? I think
getting the job done is important, not only in a faster rate, but also in a
more compfortable and mind-easing setting. Productivity is not always measured
in speed alone. The quality of the output is also important, and I feel that
I can do better work on the Mac, such as desktop publishing, quality-wise than
on the IBM under MS Windows.

This is just my 2 cents worth. For those of you who are looking for a system,
please look for the software first. Otherwise, you'll end up with a system
that you cannot find software for that'll fit your needs, and you'll end up
getting irritated because of it.

      == Bryan Villados ==

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