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From: abbott@dean.Berkeley.EDU (+Mark Abbott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Should 64K ROMs be supported?
Message-ID: <16703@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: Wed, 24-Dec-86 11:40:33 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 24 11:40:33 1986
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In article <531@runx.OZ> baron@runx.OZ (James Tiberius Kirk @ The Mutara Nebula) writes:
>I have yet to see one good reason why people with Macs are not getting the
>ROM/Drive upgrade. Surely most Mac users want that extra power that the new
>ROMs and new 800K drive give them over the vanilla 512K.
>.....................
>TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE WITH PLAIN 512K Macs..........
>
>		G E T    	R E A L ! ! ! !
>
><If I had the money, I would get a nice 20 MegS SCSI HD,4 Meg RAM, and lotsa 
>goodies!>
>
>Well, I bought my ROM/Drive upgrade with my Tax Refund cheque. It cost me $570
>(Australian - about US$370), and I am VERY pleased with it!
>
>-------------

Well, I love my upgrade too but let's be reasonable.  I scrimped for 3 months
to pay for it, and even so I knew that it was not the best thing to be doing
with the money at that time.  When I bought my Mac, 2 years ago, our 
household had a substantially larger income than now - it's harder to buy
the upgrade now than it was to buy the Mac in the first place.  I'm sure
that there are plenty of users out there who want upgrades but just can't 
afford them.  In addition, what about all the users who don't need the
upgrade?  For most of the casual users, people who don't rely on their
Mac as part of their work, the upgrade isn't necessary.  Should they be
forced to buy added power they don't really need?


>I'd say Merry Christmas if I wasn't an Athiest.
>So,
>
>	Best Wishes and a Happy New Year

Happy holidays to you as well.



		Mark Abbott
		abbott@dean.BERKELEY.EDU (arpanet)