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Maybe I'm showing my ignorance, but I thought the Mac didn't have
parity.  This makes it $30 x 16 chips, not 18 chips.  Not a big diff.

Considering the volumes they're buying in (hopefully they are not
paying $30/chip like the rest of us), Apple might not LOSE money on
the deal but they sure aren't going to make much.

And if you think issues of upgrades and dropped prices and old versus
new customers and dealers are easy to deal with, read:

	Hypergrowth: The Rise and Fall of Osborne Computer Corporation
	by: Adam Osborne and John Dvorak

	(Berkeley: Idthekkathan Publishing Co.  He had to print it
	 himself because it's so revealing that major publishers would
	 not print it for fear of legal action.)

	ISBN 0-918347-00-9.

Costs about $30 and worth it, if you are in a growth company, invested
in one, or thinking about it.