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From: jib@prism.TMC.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: System Disk
Message-ID: <242000007@prism>
Date: 12 Sep 88 13:39:00 GMT
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Nf-From: prism.TMC.COM!jib    Sep 12 09:39:00 1988


RE: System 3.2 Upgrades, The MAC, etc.

I downloaded System 3.2 from Genie yesterday.  It took about 2 hours at
1200 baud -- and therefore cost me $10.00.  I certainly don't mind that
small expenditure, and Apple is providing the upgrade free -- the
downloading cost, (or the APDA charges) are for distribution.

The upgrade is certainly worth $10-$20.  For all of you who say this is
a change in Apple's policies -- your memories are not long enough; DOS
3.3 cost $75 for the upgrade (although it did include a manual and two
ROM chips for the Apple II drive).  PRODOS was not a free upgrade either.

The current System upgrade policy for the MAC is 2 upgrades per year via
dealers at $50 each.  The same upgrades can be downloaded (free except for
connect time) and are available via APDA.  

By the way, I have seen no official notice that System 3.2 will NOT be made
available free (if you bring in a disk) via dealers -- just a lot of rumors
from "reliable" sources.  My dealer is expecting to get it, although I
decided not to wait.

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