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From: jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George Jefferson )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: MacClassic & System 7.0
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Date: 20 Sep 90 16:34:35 GMT
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>
> >I'm a bit puzzled about Apple Sweden's last move. They have cut the prices
> >a lot for students on something they call SE Education ($1800, I assume this
> >is not very cheap in US). It is an ordinary SE with 1 Mb RAM and 40 Mb hard
>
>I've seen this offer and I find it disgusting. They give the machine a new
>name and hopes that some students doesn't see through these acts of deception.

In the university computer store the other day i overheard a salesman trying
(in vain) to explain the concept of a _hard_drive_ to a girl who
was deciding between an SE and an SE30. (checkbook in hand)

I didn't stick around to hear him tell her about virtual memory :-)

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-george   @sol1.lrsm.upenn.edu