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From: sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple's Pricing, IIx question
Message-ID: <1080@esquire.UUCP>
Date: 15 Mar 89 16:29:19 GMT
References: <919@fornax.UUCP>
Reply-To: sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten)
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In article <919@fornax.UUCP> mcdonald@fornax.UUCP (Ken Mcdonald) writes:
>P.S.  To those on the net who seem to feel an obligation to flame any posting
>complaining about Apple pricing policies, as if they, the respondents, were
>the last defenders of capitalism, please note:  I have not said Apple is
>WRONG to adhere to the pricing policies that they do, I have merely implied
>(and at this point I will state it point-blank) that they are STUPID to do
>so.  You may also say, with a sniggering tone in your voice no doubt, "If
>you don't like it, buy something else"--which is precisely the point [...]

You should feel vindicated, since some folks on Wall Street decided
exactly the same thing and Apple stock is now somewhere below sea
level (along with their earnings last quarter).  Hence the recent
price cuts.

Why not just skip the wimpy II -> IIx upgrade (you only get a 10-15%
speedup, and no, the PMMU is not currently used at all by MacOS, only
AU/X) and go for a 3rd party 33MHz 68030 upgrade.  It'll probably
cost you less and you'll blow away anything Apple now offers.
Is the IIcx really that much more portable?

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