Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: New GS ROMs Message-ID: <10787@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 19 Aug 89 06:25:48 GMT References: <237@ualtamts.BITNET> <10768@smoke.BRL.MIL> <244@ualtamts.BITNET> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 12 In article <244@ualtamts.BITNET> userDBUG@ualtamts.BITNET (Dan Berry) writes: >No, but I expect them to replace the engine if it breaks down ... Did your IIGS break down when the newer version was announced?? >That sounds remarkably like a price around $2.50 INCLUDING PROFIT. You omitted a lot of overhead (corporate R&D, administration, etc.). It's impossible to unambiguously assign a "fair" price to one item out of context, but if a company consistently overcharges, in a free economy competitors spring up. So if you really think Apple is ripping you off, then buy a Laser or some other competitive computer.