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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac prices
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Date: Thu, 29-Oct-87 15:08:18 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 29 15:08:18 1987
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In article <7455@dartvax.UUCP> merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant) writes:
>In article <7449@dartvax.UUCP>, Ken Hancock writes:
>> As for the quality of IBM compatables, put it this way...
>> I can go out and build one in my dorm room one weekend for $500 or so...
>> It's very easy to do...there's not a whole lot of substance to one.
>Ever seen the inside of a Mac?  There's even LESS substance to that...
>"You mean, I payed $2000 for two boards, a disk drive, and a CRT?!?!?"

AND... a little matter of 64K/128K of ROM code.  All sorts of software that
drives the Mac interface and allows a slew of Mac applications to conform to
the Mac interface.

I imagine I could say that "hardware is simply a platform for software to
perform on", but that would probably give away my occupation... :-).

                        "He who uses an 8088 will be reincarnated as one."

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