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From: john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Cheap Mac Imports?
Message-ID: <660@newave.UUCP>
Date: 22 Feb 91 03:42:18 GMT
References: <91050.153329MLWLG@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Reply-To: john@newave.mn.org (John A. Weeks III)
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In article <91050.153329MLWLG@CUNYVM.BITNET> MLWLG@CUNYVM.BITNET writes:
> I have heard that 'soon' there will be cheap MacIntosh *clones*
> available, is that true?

Keep in mind that you generally get what you pay for.  Do you think
Apple will ever test its system software on a Mac clone?  What if 
you have a problem...will a clone maker have access to Apple's technical
information to insure that their machines run new systems as they
are released?  If you don't mind being several steps behind the state
of the Mac, then you might be able to live with a clone.

> For instance, just as I can buy an Intel based micro computer (e.g., 80286)
> that is like an AT, I can buy a generic Mac at 1/2 the Brand-Name cost.

You can already do better.  Call Sun Remarketing and order a Mac Plus for
1/4 of the original retail price.  Quite a deal considering that an
equally priced PC clone would not have build in SCSI, high speed serial
ports, a mouse, or a network adapter.  Some PC clones even charge for
the DOS boot disks!

-john-

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