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Keep in mind the 9500 (and 9600) and 8500 were at or near the top of the line and relatively easy to figure out. If that and the 7000 had been the only things A
by KerrAvon 2y ago
Keep in mind the 9500 (and 9600) and 8500 were at or near the top of the line and relatively easy to figure out. If that and the 7000 had been the only things Apple shipped, fine. The problem was the 4000/5000/6000 range, and Performa vs Quadra/Centris/Whatever. It was a complete and total mess.
Your Fred also clearly had a weird sense of "less buggy." At that time, Windows was essentially a GUI atop an extended version of MS-DOS. Look up any contemporary serious review and you'll find complaints about stability. Compare to OS/2.
- troyvit 2y agoHeh I disagreed with Fred that's for sure. Also thanks for bringing back the memory of all those "other" macs. I'd forgotten how weird it was trying to distinguish between all those meaningless names, and the marketing behind them didn't really help much.
- cosmic_cheese 2y agoThe most awful machine I've ever used was a circa-2000 98SE Celeron Compaq Staples special that my family bought when the old Performa gave out one evening and we needed a replacement right away. Aside from being a little slower, that Performa was better in every single way despite being four years older.