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From: kurtzman@pollux.usc.edu (Stephen Kurtzman)
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Subject: Class-action lawsuit (was Re: Price cuts on motherboard upgrades ???)
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Date: 19 May 91 23:37:39 GMT
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In article <1991May19.164217.10045@odin.corp.sgi.com> autry@sgi.com (Larry Autry) writes:


>More specifically, in my
>SE/30 hardware manual, the promise is explicitly made.  The statement is
>made to the effect, that  the SE/30 will address up to 128 megabytes of
>memory when denser memory becomes available.  I call that an explicit promise.

My manual says the same. In fact, one reason I upgraded from an SE to
an SE/30 was to expand my memory capacity. Needless to say, I'm quite
upset that Apple's literature misrepresented the capabilities of the
machine.

>I believe that Apple is therefore obligated to provide any upgrade or product
>enhancement that is necessary to make it so.  Not being a lawyer, I will still
>go out on a limb and say that this case requires more than the normal implied 
>merchantibilty protection that is usually provided under law.  

Since Apple has been mute on this problem, perhaps it is time for a
class-action lawsuit. Does anyone on the net know of anyone organizing
such an effort?
-- 

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