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Article #44589Re: System software on CD-ROM
From: gillies
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1989 01:38
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1989 01:38
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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.
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