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Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: David Corn
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 04:12
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On 29 Mar 1996 22:03:43 GMT, William Taylor <wwtaylor@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

>In article <adtDozn8L.4JC@netcom.com> Anthony D. Tribelli, adt@netcom.com
>writes:
>>You do realize I'm referring to companies who have stores, warehouses, and
>>business licenses, not just some guy with a handfull of RAM? This swapmeet
>>is a pretty commercial environment. Generally, the people selling this
>>memory are middlemen buying directly from the manufacturer and selling
>>with a minimal markup, unlike HP and Egghead who have a much greater
>>markup and a lot more overhead.

>Ahhh...but HP will at least come out and replace a simm if it goes bad.
>Warranties can be useful. Like I said, although I would personally go out
>and buy RAM at a swapmeet, my employers won't. They want a brand name, a
>support contract, and me to spend my time working rather than going to
>swap meets or installing ram.


In that case, pick up your local paper, pick from one of the 5 or so
vendors selling 8M SIMMs for under $120 or so, and get one of them...
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From: dcorn@paradise.pplnet.com (David Corn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 04:12:16 GMT
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