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From: grx1042@uoft02.utoledo.edu (Steve Snodgrass)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Info on new low-end Mac
Message-ID: <1990Jul18.020651.1137@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
Date: 18 Jul 90 07:06:51 GMT
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In article <25979@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, mpmst1@unix.cis.pitt.edu (metlay) writes:

> This is the most obscenely stupid move on the part of a computer company
> I've had to swallow since, well, since IBM announced the PS/1. Who the

Agreed.  But hey, it's Apple.

> I envision a new case for the 500P that contains a built-in monitor, and

Argh!  No.  That's one of the things that so stupid about the Mac.  That
builtin, 9" piece of junk.  And you can't upgrade reasonably without having the
thing sitting there, unless you saw off the top of the computer!  Please don't
urge C= to imitate this foolishness.

BTW: If anyone decides this is a good reason to start a computer war, don't
waste your breath, cause I won't waste mine (and bandwidth) replying.

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