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From: ihnp4!utzoo!henry@uw-beaver.arpa

> Given that they're doing the upgrade as a board swap and charging the
> obscene difference that they are between a new LJ and LJ+, the incremental
> trouble of going to 1M doesn't sound like all that much.

Actually, I agree, unless they ran out of room on the board or something
like that.  (The cost function for electronics jumps sharply at board
boundaries.)  I hoped for better from HP.

> ... they limited their market by crippling the machine ...
> I would think that all serious TeX users would want to be able to load
> full page bitmaps, in order to be able to use an unlimited number of
> different fonts on a page if necessary.

*FLAME ON*
TeX users are well-known for having no taste or sense of graphic design;
the only people worse in this respect are MacWrite users.  The *need* (as
opposed to desire) for vast numbers of fonts on a single page is very rare.
Remember that many phototypesetters do not support such eye-rot either.
*FLAME OFF*

For the vast majority of applications, the LJ+ is probably good enough.
I decline to defend HP's decision as right, since I don't think it was,
but it's a nuisance rather than a disaster.

> It is standard practice to install reconditioned boards in machines sent
> in for repair.

If HP has done its job properly -- and our experience with LaserJets does
suggest this -- then this will be a very small market for old boards.  The
electronics just do not fail that often.

				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
				{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry