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From: lvirden@pro-tcc.cts.com (Larry Virden)
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Subject: Re: Apple's committment to the // line
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Date: 23 Oct 89 10:44:20 GMT
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Note that while I too would love to see Apple marketing join the 20th century
in terms of equipment provided, you might want to note one of the consequences
of this action.  While IBM, DEC, HP, Sun, Apple Macs, Amiga's, Ataris, ...
(i.e. the rest of the industry) do offer faster, better machines, and more
options for speed, etc.  they have this annoying behavior of offering it at
RIDICULOUS prices.  For instance, one popular manufacturer offers options for
hard disks that are so expensive that NO ONE in their right mind ever buys
them - unless they have money to burn.  Another good example is memory - it
often costs a user 4-5 times the street price to buy memory from one of the
big boys ... though Apple DID get this one right for the GS!

So there is certainly the possibility that even if Apple DID provide options
for faster CPUs, more memory on the initial configuration, disks, etc. that
the options would be so expensive that folks would still buy 3rd party
products to fill the need.

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