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Article #5072Re: Macintosh Portable and IIci Intro
From: Nick Rothwell
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1989 11:47
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1989 11:47
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In article <1466@intercon.com>, amanda@intercon (Amanda Walker) writes:
>In article <1531@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>, pasek@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Michael
>A. Pasek) writes:
>> Yow!!! Don't get me wrong, these sound like REALLY nice machines,
>> but (like the subject line says) I don't have ten grand just laying
>> around.....what happened to "The Computer For The Rest Of Us" ?
>
>It's called the "Macintosh Plus" or "Macintosh SE." It's just that
>"the rest of us" has gotten to be a bigger group than it used to be.
>A broad product line (which is significantly more intercompatible than
>any other vendor's) is a strength, not a weakness.
The question (or a similar question) still stands, I think. With this
immense increase in processing power per buck, and all these wonderful
machines now available, why does The Power To Be Your Best (even with
a lowly Mac Plus) cost the man-in-the-street $2500 (European prices)?
>Amanda Walker
Nick.
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Nick Rothwell, Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!lfcs!nick From: nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Macintosh Portable and IIci Intro Message-ID: <472@castle.ed.ac.uk> Date: 22 Sep 89 11:47:56 GMT References: <34888@apple.Apple.COM> <1531@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> <1466@intercon.com> Sender: root@castle.ed.ac.uk Reply-To: nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) Organization: LFCS Enya Admiration Society Lines: 24 In-reply-to: amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker)