BILLW@SRI-KL.ARPA (09/26/84)
From: William Chops Westfield <BILLW@SRI-KL.ARPA> Oh give me a break. 1) 256K rams are currently on the market for only $65 each (Jameco, oct BYTE). That means you could go out, buy your own 256K rams, and upgrade your MAC for only $1040, not including the possibility that you need a new PAL someplace, or that you have to do all sorts of unsoldering... As far as I know, this is the FIRST time ANY computer manufacturer has made a memory upgrade available for less than the do-it-tourself approach. Apple probably would have waited until the 256K chips were cheaper, except for all the pressure from us damned programmer types that the MAC was never targetted for anyway. 2) somebody mentioned that the rams are cheaper from ATT. I would hope so - ATT makes their own 256K chips... 3) Every computer ever made has gotten cheaper (or better at the same price). I am not particurally sympathetic with the people who are complaining about having spent full list price for a machine that doesn't really meet their needs anyway... [PS: I dont have a MAC. If I did, and had to spend an additional 50% to get to get it to do useful work, id be annoyed too. But it really isnt that apple is out to screw their customers...] BillW -------