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Article #44475Re: Xerox sues Apple!!! (Expandabil
From: gillies
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1989 04:58
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1989 04:58
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/* Written 9:59 am Dec 23, 1989 by jerry@polygen.uucp in comp.sys.mac */ >>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... > >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.... > >Are you sure you're talking 'low-end' here? An 8086 clone with a hard >disk will go for under $800. "This is a joke. Buying a 8086-based PC at this point is the biggest waste of money imaginable, considering that Microsoft's new OS/2 releases will require at least an 80286 to be used to their full potential...." I don't even agree with the above two statements (the only thing a Mac will forfeit is virtual memory), but it's fun to parody people in this newgroup from time to time....
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!p.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Xerox sues Apple!!! (Expandabil Message-ID: <126900133@p.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 26 Dec 89 04:58:00 GMT References: <124712@<1989Dec22> Lines: 23 Nf-ID: #R:<1989Dec22:124712:p.cs.uiuc.edu:126900133:000:988 Nf-From: p.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies Dec 25 22:58:00 1989