rgoldstone@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU (Robin Goldstone) (05/23/91)
I am a little unhappy about Apple's 7.0 upgrade options. In January I purchased the Claris $49 upgrade to HC 2.0v2. This entitles me to a free upgrade to HC 2.1. Well, Apple's System 7.0 upgrade is $99 and includes 7.0 software, documentation and HC 2.1. Since the software itself can be downloaded for free, and I am already entitled to HC 2.1 for free, I would be paying $99 for documentation only. Apple is also selling a 5-pack of documentation for $249, which is roughly $50 per set. So as I can see it, I am either going to have to pay $99 or find 4 other people to go in on a 5-pack. I think it is unfair of Apple to overlook those of us who bought HC 2.0v2 legitimately from Claris. *** end of complaining *** *********************************************************************** Robin Goldstone, Systems Software Specialist California State University, Chico Computing Services rgoldstone@oavax.csuchico.edu
bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu (Bruce Carter) (05/24/91)
In article <1991May23.153655.5745@ecst.csuchico.edu> rgoldstone@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU (Robin Goldstone) writes: >I am a little unhappy about Apple's 7.0 upgrade options. In January I purchased >the Claris $49 upgrade to HC 2.0v2. This entitles me to a free upgrade to >HC 2.1. Well, Apple's System 7.0 upgrade is $99 and includes 7.0 software, >documentation and HC 2.1. Since the software itself can be downloaded for >free, and I am already entitled to HC 2.1 for free, I would be paying $99 >for documentation only. Apple is also selling a 5-pack of documentation for >$249, which is roughly $50 per set. > >So as I can see it, I am either going to have to pay $99 or find 4 other >people to go in on a 5-pack. I think it is unfair of Apple to overlook >those of us who bought HC 2.0v2 legitimately from Claris. The HyperCard 2.1 included with System 7 is the HyperCard "Lite" collection, which is basically the application, the stunted home stack, audio help, the audio address stack, and the audio appointments stack. So, actually, you paid your $49 for the very nice tools stacks and the HyperCard documentation from Claris. Also, receiving HyperCard from Apple (whatever means) does not qualify you for future updates from Claris. Your observation about paying $99 for system 7 documentation is essentially correct (you are at an EDU site, ask for the educational discount price which is about $20 less), and you'll have to decide whether the system 7 documentation is worth that to you. It really has nothing to do with HyperCard, though, the HC in the system 7 upgrade is basically a give away anyway. Bruce Carter Internet: bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu Courseware Development Coordinator duscarte@idbsu.idbsu.edu Boise State University Bitnet/CREN: duscarte@idbsu