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From: weiss@mott.seas.ucla.edu (Michael Weiss)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: More ROMinations (Was Price cuts ...)
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Date: 21 May 91 19:26:33 GMT
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In article <674822484.3@blkcat.FidoNet> Charlie.Mingo@p4218.f421.n109.z1.FidoNet.Org (Charlie Mingo) writes:
>    What could Apple legally charge for the ROM upgrade?  You can upgrade your
>cx ROMs right now for $1600:  just get the ci upgrade.  They never said they'd
>provide a *free* upgrade.  What if they charged $1600 just for the new ROMs?

Your other arguments are valid, but there is a hole in this particular point.
See, it works in rebuttal to cx upgrades, but the SE/30 is the end of the
line for the compact Macs.  There were similar claims in the SE/30 manual.
Likewise, going by that logic, they should have made the same claim for the
SE, since it has an upgrade path to the SE/30 which they claimed allowed
for 32-bit addressing...  See?

Also, if you think carefully about it, Apple should give these ROMs to the
owners for free.  Otherwise, it would be like buying a car from a company
that claims that the car has 157 horsepower, and you buy it, but find out
later that it only has 100 horsepower unless you exchange the 2-barrel carb
for an "optional" 4-barrel carb.  It's misleading advertising, and is a
clear violation of FTC regulations.
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