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From: ralph@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Ralph Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac Classic cheap Power Supply...
Message-ID: <1990Oct24.091054.261@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk>
Date: 24 Oct 90 09:10:54 GMT
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Well, at the launch of the new machines in the UK, which was mainly attended
by dealers, developers and a few others like myself, we were told that an
advantage of the Mac Classic having a single voltage power supply would be
that it would cut down grey imports. They didn't go quite so far as to say
it had been deliberately done for that reason though. (If it had, I would
have expected them to do it to the more expensive ones too, where the
profits for grey importers are higher.) Also, they did promise that grey 
imports would also be reduced by UK pricing being brought into line with
US pricing, which does seem to be roughly true.
Ralph