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From: lhaider@pro-sol.cts.com (Lawrence Haider)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: New GS ROMs
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Date: 18 Aug 89 09:14:20 GMT
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Network Comment: to #10079 by haven!adm!smoke!gwyn@purdue.edu

>This is rationalization, not reasoning.  Do you really expect to be able to
>take your automobile back to the dealer when a new model comes out and insist
>on a free upgrade of every component that the manufacturer was able to 
>improve between models?

Why does everyone want to compare Apples to Automobiles?  It is NOT the same
thing!  Think about component costs and labor required to make an upgrade in
a car and compare that with the component costs and labor required to upgrade
a computer (or software for that matter) and you'll find that a computer
doesn't ever come in spitting distance of the costs of car work.  A car dealer
dosn't make as much off of selling a car (percentage wise) as Apple makes off
of their machines, and upgrading one has just about NO relation to the other. 
If you want to take Apples side, PLEASE make a better analogy!

                                        Laer