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From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: System software on CD-ROM
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Date: 30 Dec 89 01:38:25 GMT
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Re:  Apple Software Distribution Methods

It has always seemed silly to sell a computer with a floppy drive
whose capacity is less than main memory.  At least the original IBM
PC got this part of the system design right.

They *SHOULD* have gone straight to a 2.8Mb floppy (at least) and
bypassed the 1.4 floppy entirely.  It is especially silly that, 12
months after offering a 1.4Mb floppy, Apple will increase the main
memory requirements of system 7.0 to 2Mb >> 1.4Mb.

What a lack of planning.

Similar to great wines, Apple will sell no hardware before it's cheap.