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From: cbm@well.sf.ca.us (Chris Muir)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac owners guilt at Mac high prices (Why, Apple? Why?)
Summary: high-pitched whine.
Message-ID: <18949@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 10 Jul 90 19:37:09 GMT
References: <77516@aerospace.AERO.ORG> <1990Jul8.052331.101@d.cs.okstate.edu> <2353.26987f28@csc.anu.oz>
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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In messaqge <2353.26987f28@csc.anu.oz> pfr654@csc.anu.oz (Phil Ryan)
writes:
*WE all know that the Mac is better. We all know that you get more in a Mac
*box than in a PC box BUT WE STILL WANT A CHEAP MAC THAT EVERYONE COULD
*AFFORD *WITHOUT* HAVING TO MAKE EXCUSES FOR APPLE. ('R&D' being the
*favorite)

Apple isn't really more expensive than IBM or Comaq. Apple is about the same as
any "real" large computer company. Do people who compare Apple's prives with
clone prices also buy genericly packaged food? 


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