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From: rusty@hodge.UUCP (Rusty Hodge)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple vs the World
Message-ID: <150@hodge.UUCP>
Date: 29 Mar 88 22:24:33 GMT
References: <7778@apple.Apple.Com> <1017@aucs.UUCP>
Organization: Hodge Computer Research Corp., Orange, CA
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Summary: Low End Mac may not really be beneficial to the Mac community!

In article <1017@aucs.UUCP>, peter@aucs.UUCP (Peter Steele) writes:
> in article <7778@apple.Apple.Com>, kurt@Apple.COM (Kurt Hasel) says:
> > If you don't want to buy Apple I'm sure you can find a better
> > reason.
> 
> I can think of a real good reason. Their machines are too expensive!
> I love my Mac (I have an SE) and everyone I know who owns a Mac loves
> it, but guess how many people that really is? Besides myself, I know of
> only one other prof who has bought a Mac with his own money. There are
> lots more who would like to, and gads of students who would love to, but

Just how compatible would this budget-Mac have to be?  It obviously
wouldn't have more that 1mb of RAM, and probably wouldn't use SIMMS,
and probably nothing would be socketed, etc.  Besides there are budget
Macs now- Used 512's.

But no one wants a 512e because it can't run MF and a lot of the new
system software.  Everyone wants to be able to use the latest greatest
software - and usually compromises are made in software that is
compatible with the least common denominator.

And aren't you happy with the MacPlus's recent price reduction???

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