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Article #43997Ethernet; Apple vs. 3rd Party (was Re: What do I want to see)
From: Paul Eric Menchen
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1989 05:02
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1989 05:02
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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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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!grad2.cis.upenn.edu!meuchen From: meuchen@grad2.cis.upenn.edu (Paul Eric Menchen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.next Subject: Ethernet; Apple vs. 3rd Party (was Re: What do I want to see) Summary: Finance the profit? Let's talk about profit. Message-ID: <18182@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 16 Dec 89 05:02:25 GMT References: <1989Dec15.172524.6463@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: meuchen@grad2.cis.upenn.edu (Paul Eric Menchen) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 20