Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 UW 5/3/83; site uw-beaver Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!info-mac From: info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) Newsgroups: fa.info-mac Subject: Mac 512K and Upgrade Message-ID: <1711@uw-beaver> Date: Fri, 14-Sep-84 16:39:22 EDT Article-I.D.: uw-beaver>.1711 Posted: Fri Sep 14 16:39:22 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 01:37:01 EDT Sender: daemon@uw-beave Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 15 From: CMP.BARC@UTEXAS-20.ARPA When Steve Jobs spoke at the University of Texas last Tuesday (Fat Mac's birthday), he naturally made a few remarks about the 512K conversion. Some of them augment Newton's Q/A report. The October 1 availabilty date for the upgrades was described as conservative (Don't we wish all those other release dates for Mac products had been conservative?). He said that 4-5000 upgrade kits were being shipped on Sept. 12. He described the free MacDraw and MacProject as a token of Apple's appreciation for the brave pioneers who supported Apple's innovation. I guess that they feel that an investment of $2495 is braver and more supportive than one of a mere $1000-1200. And they have a point. The UT consortium prices were $1850 for the Mac 512K and $800 for the upgrade. Dallas Webster (CMP.BARC@UTexas.ARPA) -------