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From: wetter@tybalt.caltech.edu (Pierce T. Wetter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Hypercard - How About New Mac Owner
Message-ID: <3699@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Date: Thu, 20-Aug-87 18:09:12 EDT
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In article <174400045@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu> dorner@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>Why is Apple charging the $50 in the first place?  I can't imagine they
>are going to make lots of money from it.  It's far more than distribution
>cost.  Is it to give dealerships a profit on the thing?  Or is it to give
>an incentive to people to buy macs (they're getting something for free)?
>It sure isn't good PR--rightly or wrongly, most of us have come to expect
>to get operating system upgrades from Apple for free, and having to pay
>for this one hurts a little.
>
>And will these things be posted on the BBS?  If not, what happens when
>Multifinder 1.1 comes out?  Another $50?
>----
   
   Dealers HATE free upgrades. While often if the dealer knows you he will 
give you the upgrade for free, having random people walk in and demand a new
whatever is severly annoying. As for getting upgrades for free, the only
difference between now and then is dealers won't have to provide it. If you
think about it, Switcher has never been provided 'Free' rather you could
get it from CompuServer or a user group or you could buy the switcher construction
kit from apple for 25$. I expect the 50$ includes the price of the manual
and the disks. If you don't want to pay the 50$ you will probably be able
to get it from a user group or compuserver. Maybe, even UseNet.

  Pierce Wetter
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