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From: greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp)
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Subject: Re: It's really tough to debate with ignorant...
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Date: 8 May 91 08:21:04 GMT
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In article <1991May8.014526.15073@neon.Stanford.EDU> torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie) writes:
>  Seems to me like there are a LOT of commercial applications in your
>list of software on your hard disk.  How on earth could you avoid all those
>programs, yet you don't want to buy a $1000 hard disk??

I don't suppose he could have spent that $1000 on software _instead_ of a
hard disk, could he?  Nahhh.... :-)

Think of it this way:  For $1250 you can have lots of commercial apps and a
40MB HD ($1000 for software + the $250 drive) -OR- you can have a totally
empty 660MB drive (if you shop around).  Well, empty except for PD and/or
pirated software (I don't support piracy...).

If you've only got a set amount to spend, you are obviously not going to
get a big, empty HD.  In my case, I probably earn more than the average
student (Hey, would I develop for MessyDOS for any other reason?  NO!!).  I
still have to pay for little necessities like, oh, my _apartment_.  I can't
blow $1000 for a HD unless I really need that HD.  (Actually, I guess I
spent about $1000 on my computer last summer, but I also spent at least
$2500 on school and my apartment.  The computer expansion included things
like 3MB of RAM and a 140MB HD.)

It seems that Apple's "They'll be willing to pay a little extra" philosophy
is spreading...

Greg
-- 
       Greg Harp       |"I was there to match my intellect on national TV,
                       | against a plumber and an architect, both with a PhD."
greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu|            -- "I Lost on Jeopardy," Weird Al Yankovic