on 7/4/03 8:23, G-List at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The ports of a PC always stay the same, they dont suddenly drop the
> paralell port for the hell of it or lose the serial port just to force people
> to buy new machines.
Let's see. If Apple were to maintain backward compatibility in the manner
you propose, every machine would have:
- PCI slots
- Nubus slots
- 3 different PDS slots
- modem port
- 10/100/1000 Base-T port
- Friendly Net port
- Mac monitor port
- VGA monitor port
- ADC monitor port
- DVI monitor port
- SCSI-1 port
- SCSI-2 port
- SCSI-3 port
- 5 other types of SCSI ports
- 2 serial ports
- RJ-45 keyboard port
- 2 ADB ports
- 2 USB ports
- 2 FireWire ports
- Microphone jack (original)
- Microphone jack (PlainTalk)
- Speaker jack
- Headphone jack
- Floppy drive port
- 800k floppy drive
- 1.2 Mb floppy drive
I estimate that this machine would sell for about $20,000.
Although this list borders on the ridiculous, the point I'm making is valid.
Apple has to draw the line on legacy technologies if for no other reason
than cost.
-Mick
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