On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 03:40 AM, Nicholas Dalzell wrote:
> And about 4 other "BOMBS!"
I hope you are happy now - you offended the poor thing ;).
> I don't care if the Mac Apologizes! That annoying picture of a
> "bomb-lit"
> is torture enough! Every time my PC crashes, it just exits the program!
> Every time my Mac Classic crashes--I have to REBOOT! I hate rebooting
> this
> machine the speed of an 8088-running Windows 3.0 in real mode!
Tha's hardly fair, what OS are you running?
> Do any of
> you realize how LONG it takes your compact Macs to boot after loading
> about
> 21.6MB of data on a 40MB Hard Drive??? (not to mention System 7.0!)
Turn off some extensions or something, this thing isn't a miracle
performing box you know. 7.0 should not be *that* bad, even on a 68000,
maybe it's got a problem somewhere.
> Since I
> installed WinXP on both my PC's, I have had not a lick of an error from
> them! Face it!
Try installing a GeForce 3, that gave XP a complete heart attack on
mine.... ;)
> I still don't get it! No wonder it crashes!
> the hardware is soooo old! A 40MB HD in 1990???
40MB is not small for 1990, the LC only came with a 40MB hard disk too.
The largest available from Apple was 80MB in 1990 IIRC. The fact is 68k
code was a lot more space economical than x86 code (and still is - even
more so now although PPC code is sadly not quite as space saving) so PCs
needed bigger hard disks becasaue the programs were written badly and
with bloated x86 code, not because the manufacturers were feeling
generous. The money they spent on hard disk space in PCs in 1990 was
saved by using old technology (many 286s had chip RAM not SIMM RAM as
all Macs did at the time and since 1986) and horridly badly made cases
that allowed virtually no expansion. The difference between these and a
Classic? You had no option to buy a IIci if you bought a PC!
> The PC was ahead of that! A
> 68000 Processor??? As ancient in 1990 as an 8088 IBM PC-Which happened
> to
> be made in the 80's! Add the HD and memory expansion (which BTW was
> about
> the only way to get any use and compatibility out of it!)
Most PCs didn't even have dreams of 4MB RAM in 1990, the 68000P16 is way
faster than an 8088, 8086 and is getting on the same terms as the 80286
in fact which not only meant Motorola made better CPUs than intel (any
idiot can tell you that) but also that Apple had an 8086 beating CPU
when the PC was still running an 8088.
> and it wasn't a
> very low-priced mac by the way...
$1000 was cheap for any desktop PC in 1990, nevermind a Mac.
> My goodness! if I don't get satisfactory performance and reliability
> from
> this machine, I think I am going to toss it after all!
I'll have it if you are throwing it out - I always wanted a CLassic :).
Are you in the USA?
> Whew...I am calm now, I probably won't toss my mac, it is just to
> sentimental, or maybe I am just an old die-hard fan of Apple
> Computers (I
> LOVED THE ][e and ][gs! I learned on them-they were the first computer I
> used after the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A! (Sorry, that computer needs
> the
> recognition, no one has heard of it nowadays, but I guess it is still a
> little bit OT...))
Thank goodness ;). BTW I have heard of the TI-99 - I read Fire in the
Valley, it's a great book even if it is huge.
> But this mac is driving me to the point that I am
> yanking my hair out...Don't get me wrong, You all have SE's and SE/30s!
> You
> are soo lucky you have an Apple Computer dealer where you live--you have
> great macs! The 68030 was probably a great fast (16MHz not 8MHz)
> processor!
> If only "The Core" hadn't disappeared...I miss it so much--They had a
> great
> price for a PowerMAC G3 w/ CDROM!
The SE is virtually the same as the Classic (although without the
crippling RAM problem) so anyone out there who has one has many of the
problems you do. I personally only have 2 SE/30s in the compact category
but hey :).
> In closing, I am pretty sure there were worse Apple Computers, but they
> sure are getting better! A lot better than they were in 1990, that's for
> sure!
I said this a while back and got beaten up by everyone, I came to
appreciate the Classic case and elegance of looks but still can't stand
the little blighter's logic boards.
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