Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]> wrote about scary lawyer stuff:

>The following article is fairly interesting.  A group of Mac users are suing
>Apple over promises that were made concerning Apple's (then forthcoming) OS/X
>being fully optimized for the G3 models that Apple was then selling.
>
>    http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/31.g3osx.php
>
>This seems similar enough to HP's promises that MPE would be ported to IA-64
>that the case would seem to have great relevance to us.  It would seem that
>anyone who bought a 3000 (in California at least) after the IA-64
>announcement a couple years ago might have a substantial case against HP if
>this suit holds up.


Given the fact that I feel more comfortable with technical material,
here is another web page that mentions Apple (and Hewlett-Packard
-- along with Compaq, Gateway, and others -- following Apple's leadership)

http://news.com.com/2100-1040-830221.html?tag=dd.ne.dht.nl-sty.0

Specifically:

     Apple Computer announced last week that its new Power Mac G4 models
     will include a GeForce4 MX chip.

     Hewlett-Packard announced that it will offer the GeForce4 MX as an
     upgrade option in all custom-configured Pavilion home PCs. Compaq
     Computer and Gateway are also expected to offer the graphics chip
     within the next few weeks.

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With Apple, at least, you can always buy newer G4 hardware to run
Apple's newest operating systems (an option that, I believe, is not
available for MPE-Image -- please correct me if I am wrong).  Would
this mean that the class-action suit against Apple is not in the same
class as any potential class-action suits (from Californians) against
HP?

Excuse me while I go to Apple's web store to order a new machine (see
http://www.apple.com/powermac/processor.html for the technical
details and http://www.apple.com/ for the overall context).

Peacefully buying (instead of suing) in Idaho,

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