meuchen@grad2.cis.upenn.edu (Paul Eric Menchen) (12/16/89)
In article <23100@brunix.UUCP> rca@cs.brown.edu (Ronald C.F. Antony) writes: >The main thing with ethernet is, that it does not cost much >more than appletalk, if you put it on your mainboard. The user >saves only k$$ because he has not to finance the profit of a >second company, as you have to if you buy a ethernet card for >the Mac. Granted, it might be cheaper (and I emphasize might) to put ethernet on the motherboard, but ... While I love my Mac, I think Apple cleared a lot more profit off my Mac than did any other company that I bought peripherals from. I won't even mention the differen$e between my internal hard drive and what Apple wanted, even at student discounts. /-------------- Paul Eric Menchen / /| /| meuchen@grad1.cis.upenn.edu /------ / | / | meuchen@eniac.seas.upenn.edu / / |/ | (strike UUCP if you see it- I don't /__________________ know why our mailer does that!)