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From: suitti@haddock.ima.isc.com (Stephen Uitti)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac memory speed confusion
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Date: 25 Apr 89 18:46:45 GMT
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Reply-To: suitti@haddock.ima.isc.com (Stephen Uitti)
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>> The 030 isn't just soldered- it's surface-mounted, just like
>>everything else...
>
>There are lots of legitemate reasons to gripe at Apple.  We don't need
>to fabricate "dark side" theories.
>...
>Those of you who are used to being able to
>field-upgrade processors will have to change your expectations.

And besides, i hear you can still buy Mac IIs, which are
field-upgradable to current high end Mac speeds.  My machine (a
Mac II) is obsolete (which means, roughly, that you can get
softare for it that works).

>Expect roughly all future machines to be built around surface-mount
>technology.

And a good thing too.  I carry a calculator (PSION) with over 64K
of non-volitile RAM.  Expandible to over 256K RAM.  It talks
RS-232.  It runs for months (yes, that's plural) on a 9 volt
transister battery, available at any drug store (you can still
get them for free from Radio Shack - every month).  It sings!  It
fits in my pocket.  OK, so there aren't many sockets.  Shucks.

Still, it might be nice if Apple put the CPU on a card in a bus.
Even DEC does this sometimes.

Stephen.