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Lionel,
Although you didn't realize it at the time, your Ford analogy actually proved
my point. The Model T was the equivalent of the Altair 8800. It was
gradually upgraded for many years. The purpose of any automobile is to get
you from point A to point B. My car does that. My car is a Ford, runs great
(and fast), looks great, and is almost 30 years old.
In order for a consumer to use a product for a long period of time, the
product must fulfill its purpose. With a 350 MHz Pentium II (300 MHz will
not come in a 100 MHz bus version), a 100 MHz bus, 8.4 GB Ultra-ATA drive,
and an AGP Viper, the average user will have no trouble performing ordinary
computing tasks. MetaStock users will certainly not need more speed. The
fact that some on this listserv still use a 486 proves my point.
>From a fellow Apple II+ user,
Daniel L. Martinez
In a message dated 97-11-22 14:50:36 EST, lissen@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
<< A few years ago the great Steve Jobs said about his NEXT computer things
like: no one will ever need any more software than is on the hard drive; it
doesn't need a floppy drive(which he later added); a 250 meg hard drive is
all that anyone will ever need in their lifetime.
Henry Ford said that you could have a model T in any clor as long as it was
black. He changed his mind when this mindset almost bust his company.
We have to keep up with changing technology. Our programs are larger and
more complicated than in the days of the Apple 2e (a very good computer,
ours was used for 12 years). We need faster processors, faster buses, and
more efficiently written programs and operating sytems. If we compare
computer technology to say airplane technology; we are probably just
entering the equivalence of the jet age.
We can still use a Model T to get from here to there, or an Apple 2e to
compute from problem to answer, but I'd rather use present day technology
to do so.
Regards to all
Lionel >>
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