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From: jerry@polygen.uucp (Jerry Shekhel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Xerox sues Apple!!!
Message-ID: <636@taylor.UUCP>
Date: 23 Dec 89 15:59:56 GMT
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Reply-To: jerry@taylor.UUCP (Jerry Shekhel)
Organization: Polygen Corporation, Waltham, MA
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jordan@Apple.COM (Jordan Mattson) writes:
>
>Dear Jerry -
>	You have obviously never seen or used the virtual monitor aspect
>of the Macintosh family or you would not make the comment that you 
>just made.
>

You're wrong.  I've seen it.  I stand by my opinion.


>
>	For example, I can purchase a Macintosh Plus with a hard disk for 
>around $1,500 out the door from any number of dealers.  That is comparable
>to any number of low end PC clones (and I do not, as many people have said
>need to buy a keyboard for that system).
>

This is a joke.  Buying a 68000-based Mac at this point is the biggest
waste of money imaginable, considering that Apple's new System releases
will require at least a 68020 to be used to their full potential.  And
considering its ridiculous little screen, you'll have to use the Mac's
"totally awesome and radical" virtual monitor capabilities just to make
it into a useable system.

Are you sure you're talking 'low-end' here?  An 8086 clone with a hard
disk will go for under $800.
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