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From: bytebug@felix.UUCP (Roger L. Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Worries about Macintosh
Message-ID: <7334@felix.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 14-Sep-87 19:09:44 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 14 19:09:44 1987
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In article <76000018@uiucdcsp> gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>However, three things really bother me:
>(2) I understand the worth of the Macintosh O/S, but I am worried
>about Apple's "closed system" approach arrogance.  There are no clone
>makers to drive down prices and keep Apple honest.  Example: The SE is
>configured to force people to buy hard disks from Apple (why can't I
>buy an SE with one disk and buy a third-party HD?  I must waste $$$ on
>a 2-disk system).

I've noticed a couple of ways the third-party vendors are handling this:

  One (Mirror Technologies) is offering a rebate for the extra floppy
  drive you remove when you install their hard drive.  Their ad claims
  that your dealer swapping their 30MB drive for one of your 800K
  floppies will only cost $100 over the 20MB SE price.  A 45MB drive is
  also available.

  Another company (Peripheral Land) is offering an external enclosure for
  the extra drive you remove when you buy their internal hard drives.

One other possibility of what to do with your extra floppy would be to
sell it to a Mac owner who has upgraded their system to an internal
800K drive and still has that 400K external drive which Apple refuses
to upgrade.

So, don't think you'll be forced to buy a hard disk from Apple.
--
	Roger L. Long
	FileNet Corp
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