Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site nmtvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!whuxle!harpo!decvax!genrad!wjh12!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl-a!unm-cvax!nmtvax!djm From: djm@nmtvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.apple Subject: Apple marketing strangenesses Message-ID: <526@nmtvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 02:36:01 EDT Article-I.D.: nmtvax.526 Posted: Thu Sep 27 02:36:01 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Sep-84 08:43:17 EDT Organization: New Mexico Tech, Socorro, N.M. Lines: 16 [here little buggy...I've a nice fresh can of DDT for you (heh, heh)] Would someone please explain the logic (other than profit-motive) behind forcing someone to buy an Apple disk drive (a rip if ever I saw one) when you buy, say, a ][e? Having had both of my Apple drives (w/ relatively little storage) buy the farm to various degrees over the years, I firmly do not recommend getting one. However, if you buy an Apple thru a legit source, you have to. What if, for some strange reason, you want a bare-bones system (just the computer) and, say, a Rana Elite III or equivalent? Sorry, you don't get it (according to all the dealers I & my friends have contacted). Dieter Muller {lanl | unmvax}!nmtvax!djm Are you SURE Apple started out being nice to hobbiests :-)?