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fat mac upgrade... [message #75935] Wed, 29 May 2013 20:00
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Date: Wed, 26-Sep-84 16:42:53 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 26 16:42:53 1984
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From:  William Chops Westfield 

Oh give me a break.

1) 256K rams are currently on the market for only $65 each (Jameco, oct BYTE).
   That means you could go out, buy your own 256K rams, and upgrade your
   MAC for only $1040, not including the possibility that you need a new
   PAL someplace, or that you have to do all sorts of unsoldering...
   As far as I know, this is the FIRST time ANY computer manufacturer
   has made a memory upgrade available for less than the do-it-tourself
   approach.  Apple probably would have waited until the 256K chips were
   cheaper, except for all the pressure from us damned programmer types
   that the MAC was never targetted for anyway.

2) somebody mentioned that the rams are cheaper from ATT.  I would hope
   so - ATT makes their own 256K chips...

3) Every computer ever made has gotten cheaper (or better at the same
   price).  I am not particurally sympathetic with the people who are
   complaining about having spent full list price for a machine that
   doesn't really meet their needs anyway...

[PS:  I dont have a MAC.  If I did, and had to spend an additional
 50% to get to get it to do useful work, id be annoyed too.  But it
 really isnt that apple is out to screw their customers...]

BillW
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