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From: userDBUG@ualtamts.BITNET (Dan Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: New GS ROMs
Message-ID: <254@ualtamts.BITNET>
Date: 20 Aug 89 09:25:11 GMT
References: <237@ualtamts.BITNET> <10768@smoke.BRL.MIL> <244@ualtamts.BITNET> <10787@smoke.BRL.MIL>
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In article <10787@smoke.BRL.MIL>, gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>In article <244@ualtamts.BITNET> userDBUG@ualtamts.BITNET (Dan Berry) writes:
>>No, but I expect them to replace the engine if it breaks down ...
>
>Did your IIGS break down when the newer version was announced??
>
No, because I sold my computer over a week ago - just before this
big press release.  But as for breaking down, I should note that I
have gone through 3 motherboards, one mouse, an RGB power supply,
and various "fine tunings".  And that was in one year.
 
>>That sounds remarkably like a price around $2.50 INCLUDING PROFIT.
>
>You omitted a lot of overhead (corporate R&D, administration, etc.).
>[...]
>So if you think that Apple is
>ripping you off, then buy a Laser or some other competitive computer.
>
From your comment I assume you don't even know what plastic part I'm
talking about.  I'm talking about the plastic reset switches on a
MACINTOSH.  When did Laser start making Mac clones?
 
As for all that overhead you mentioned, there's just one tidbit of
information YOU didn't include: For every Mac they make, they also
make one of these parts to go with it.  It's not as if it's a scarce
item.  In fact, when I went to a dealer to get the part, they said
that they've had lots of requests for them so they kept a surplus
on hand.  The dealer I went to also claimed that it was the cheapest
part that Apple makes.
 
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