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From: chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MacWorld Expo Report
Message-ID: <40866@sun.uucp>
Date: 3 Feb 88 17:07:39 GMT
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Reply-To: chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach)
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>We wonder about the reasons software and hardware prices are high?  In
>an article from comp.sys.mac, rock@sun.UUCP writes about MacWorld Expo:

>-The attendants were dressed up like space folk from the TV series "V".
>-There was a videotaped 9 minute tour by Leonard Nimoy
>-a slick young card shark right out of "Guys and Dolls".
>-a guy and gal doing a song and dance take-off of "Entertainment Tonight"
>-they gave out top hats
>-holding drawings for lobster dinner for two, Federal Expressed in from
>   Legal Seafood of Boston.
>-a drawing for a LazerJet printer
>-a drawing from Apple.
>-a laser light show on the ceiling.

>Somehow, I think a little less expensive glitz might help a bit...

Mike, you've never been to either NCC, Comdex, or the ABA Convention, have
you? This stuff is low key compared to most conferences.

chuq
Chuq Von Rospach			chuq@sun.COM		Delphi: CHUQ

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