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From: meuchen@grad2.cis.upenn.edu (Paul Eric Menchen)
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Subject: Ethernet; Apple vs. 3rd Party (was Re: What do I want to see)
Summary: Finance the profit? Let's talk about profit.
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Date: 16 Dec 89 05:02:25 GMT
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In article <23100@brunix.UUCP> rca@cs.brown.edu (Ronald C.F. Antony) writes:
>The main thing with ethernet is, that it does not cost much
>more than appletalk, if you put it on your mainboard. The user
>saves only k$$ because he has not to finance the profit of a
>second company, as you have to if you buy a ethernet card for 
>the Mac. 

Granted, it might be cheaper (and I emphasize might) to put
ethernet on the motherboard, but ...

While I love my Mac, I think Apple cleared a lot more profit off my
Mac than did any other company that I bought peripherals from.  I
won't even mention the differen$e between my internal hard drive and
what Apple wanted, even at student discounts.

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