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Article #21217Re: More Mac prices
From: daveb
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1987 14:46
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1987 14:46
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In article <7084@prls.UUCP> gardner@prls.UUCP (Robert Gardner) writes:
>Oh, well, so much for "the rest of us". I've always felt that the real
>potential of the Mac was in "bringing computing to the masses" (a strange
>phrase). But if the masses can't afford it...
On the other hand, a hardware-oriented friend (Ashok Patel)
characterized it as:
1) 80% of what it should be for "the rest of us"
2) A computer for yuppies.
I tend to agree, especially to #1.
--dave (I'm saving my money for a Mac II: does this make me a yuppie?) c-b
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David Collier-Brown. {mnetor|yetti|utgpu}!geac!daveb
Geac Computers International Inc., | Computer Science loses its
350 Steelcase Road,Markham, Ontario, | memory (if not its mind)
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!yetti!geac!daveb From: daveb@geac.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: More Mac prices Message-ID: <1776@geac.UUCP> Date: Thu, 5-Nov-87 09:46:52 EST Article-I.D.: geac.1776 Posted: Thu Nov 5 09:46:52 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 7-Nov-87 15:45:42 EST References: <460@aucs.UUCP> <57900011@sfu_cmpt> <1275@csib.csi.UUCP> <7084@prls.UUCP> Reply-To: daveb@geac.UUCP (Dave Collier-Brown) Organization: The little blue rock next to that twinkly star. Lines: 18