Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!mintaka!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!atropa!berger From: berger@atropa (Dire Wolf) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: The future of the past mac Message-ID: <1990Nov15.220217.20055@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 15 Nov 90 22:02:17 GMT References: Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 20 peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: >Do I expect Honda to allow me to upgrade my Accord to a Acura NS-X >for "less that the price of a new NS-X?" Nope, nor does Black and >Decker let me do something similar with my toaster. >-- michael peirce *---- I don't expect a toaster to be expandable or easily upgradable. I do expect that of a computer which is supposed to be more flexible than a toaster by its very nature. People who buy toaster-computers are not very foresighted, in my opinion. But I don't think it's fair to expect computer users to be satisfied with the very same hardware and software two years down the line. -- Mike Berger Department of Statistics, University of Illinois AT&TNET 217-244-6067 Internet berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu