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Article #20894Re: Mac prices
From: moriarty
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1987 20:08
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1987 20:08
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In article <7455@dartvax.UUCP> merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant) writes:
>In article <7449@dartvax.UUCP>, Ken Hancock writes:
>> As for the quality of IBM compatables, put it this way...
>> I can go out and build one in my dorm room one weekend for $500 or so...
>> It's very easy to do...there's not a whole lot of substance to one.
>Ever seen the inside of a Mac? There's even LESS substance to that...
>"You mean, I payed $2000 for two boards, a disk drive, and a CRT?!?!?"
AND... a little matter of 64K/128K of ROM code. All sorts of software that
drives the Mac interface and allows a slew of Mac applications to conform to
the Mac interface.
I imagine I could say that "hardware is simply a platform for software to
perform on", but that would probably give away my occupation... :-).
"He who uses an 8088 will be reincarnated as one."
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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