Re: [Sort of OT] System 7

From	TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid>
Newsgroups	uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject	Re: [Sort of OT] System 7
Date	2026-05-14 18:09 +0000
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On 14 May 2026 at 5:28:57 pm BST, "Old John" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> I see from MacWorld that today is the 35th anniversary of the release of
> System 7. MacWorld says
> "35 years ago, the Mac got an era-defining upgrade
> System 7 is mostly forgotten today, but we're all still using many of its
> innovations".
> 
> Maybe, but I remember it well. I had been using Macs since 1985, and System 7
> was a massive leap forward. Back in those days I was a power user and (sort
> of) understood what went on "under the hood". That all went with the demise of
> the Classic OS.
> 
> Life was simpler in those days.

My first Mac must have been just after the System 7 intro - 1992 I think.
7.0.1 maybe?

Yes, it was elegant and so well thought-through. Easy to forget how the whole
thing would occasionally freeze unrecoverably, of course :)

Oh, and definitely not OT!
-- 
TimH
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[Sort of OT] System 7 Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-05-14 16:28 +0000
  Re: [Sort of OT] System 7 Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-05-14 17:07 +0000
  Re: [Sort of OT] System 7 TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> - 2026-05-14 18:09 +0000
    Re: [Sort of OT] System 7 richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-05-14 19:17 +0000
  Re: [Sort of OT] System 7 David Kennedy <davidkennedygm@gmail.com> - 2026-05-14 20:18 +0100
    Re: [Sort of OT] System 7 Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-05-14 20:04 +0000
  Re: [Sort of OT] System 7 Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2026-05-16 00:05 +0100
    Re: [Sort of OT] System 7 Andrew Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2026-05-16 06:20 +0100
      Re: [Sort of OT] System 7 Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-05-16 07:46 +0000
        Re: [Sort of OT] System 7 Andrew Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2026-05-16 11:44 +0100
          Re: [Sort of OT] System 7 Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-05-16 11:12 +0000

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