Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!esquire!sbb From: sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Hypercard - How About New Mac Owner Message-ID: <150@esquire.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Aug-87 14:12:58 EDT Article-I.D.: esquire.150 Posted: Fri Aug 21 14:12:58 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Aug-87 06:40:14 EDT References: <36@mtunj.ATT.COM> <174400045@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu> <26161@sun.uucp> Reply-To: sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten) Organization: DP&W, New York, NY Lines: 20 In article <26161@sun.uucp> chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: >Apple will probably make money on the thing. Not much, and probably much >less per copy than the dealer does. However, and I see this as a BIG >however, the programs will be available at the distributors -- remember all >the fun folks have every time one of Apple's free upgrades goes out to >dealers and we all go looking for one that will admit to having it? > >And for folks who don't want pretty manuals and want to download it or get >it from a user group, they're welcome to it. Personally, I think it's a >steal. Maybe we should be able to order from MacConnection, just like for every other piece of Mac software. :-) I live in NYC, which means that I'm forced to deal with Computer Factory (the dealership from hell) whenever new system software comes out. These guys are lucky if they know which end of the disk to stick in the machine, let alone what the most current System/Finder is... This way I can get Multifinder and Hypercard for $32 each... :-) - Steve