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From: jrl@zeppo.UUCP (J. Liano)
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple
Subject: Greedy Apples
Message-ID: <1114@zeppo.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 9-Oct-84 13:46:25 EDT
Article-I.D.: zeppo.1114
Posted: Tue Oct  9 13:46:25 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 12-Oct-84 05:38:31 EDT
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     I tend to agree that Apple Computer Corp. is doing what any person
would do. It is charging the higest price the market will bear. After all
they are'nt in business to benefit mankind. Greedy captialist pigs and all
that. 
     However $ 995 for the 512K upgrade is quite steep. I have read that
256K DRAMS go for around $ 20 a piece. Let's see that 512K = 16 chips X 20
bucks = $320. Add another 15 for the board and maybe 60 for the glue chips,
pullups and caps and the price goes up to $ 400 bucks. Add 125% markup and
you have the $995 cost all accounted for. A similar tale can be told for
hard disk drives - OEM price around $400, Retail price $ 1995.

      The moral being, If you don't like being taken by large, greedy
corporations, you can always wrap your own boards and cut out the
middlepersons.

                                                 zeppo!jrl