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From: john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: IBM been goowy for along tyme
Message-ID: <656@newave.UUCP>
Date: 17 Feb 91 23:55:53 GMT
References: <1991Feb9.035631.15285@gsm001.uucp> <1991Feb9.212956.12871@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Feb10.023034.858@gsm001.uucp> <1991Feb15.220523.24037@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: john@newave.mn.org (John A. Weeks III)
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In article <1991Feb15.220523.24037@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> berger@iboga (Mike Berger) writes:
> gsm@gsm001.uucp (Geoffrey S. Mendelson) writes:

> > Remember that Steve and Steve did not see any need for more than 128k on
> > the MAC.  They knew about expansion slots.  They just could not conceive
> > that "the rest of us" would want them.

> What I fail to understand is why you feel compelled to defend this short-
> sightedness.  Every other computer expert in the world understood the need.

The memory size was a problem, but there is no need for "expansion" slots
in a Macintosh.  With three different external network plugs plus a variety
of other connectors, any device that you could want can easily be added.
Why should the toaster buyers pay for the slots, power supply, and space that
they will never use?  The only thing that expansion slots have done for the
PC world is create a large number of compatibilty problems.

-john-

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