philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) (05/20/91)
In article <1991May19.164217.10045@odin.corp.sgi.com>, autry@sgi.com (Larry Autry) writes: |> A previously posted article stated that Apple literature made the statement |> that Macs could address up to x amount of memory. More specifically, in my |> SE/30 hardware manual, the promise is explicitly made. The statement is |> made to the effect, that the SE/30 will address up to 128 megabytes of |> memory when denser memory becomes available. I call that an explicit promise. |> I believe that Apple is therefore obligated to provide any upgrade or product |> enhancement that is necessary to make it so. I think a reasonable interpretation of this is that Apple is not necessarily required to supply a _ROM_ upgrade - a software fix would probably be good enough, even if it would leave some people unhappy. Although I don't know whether the law is analogous, I found it interesting that the FDA pulled a big brand of orange juice off the market for using the word Fresh in much bigger letters than the words "from concentrate". And these guys were just being a bit misleading to the near-sighted. Could the FDA be persuaded an Apple computer falls within their jurisdiction? -- Philip Machanick philip@pescadero.stanford.edu
Charlie.Mingo@p4218.f421.n109.z1.FidoNet.Org (Charlie Mingo) (05/21/91)
philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) writes:
PM> Could the FDA be persuaded an Apple computer falls within their
PM> jurisdiction?
Hmmmm. Can you eat Apples? Are you addicted to macs? Well then.
* Origin: mingo@well.sf.ca.us mingo@cup.portal.com (1:109/421.4218)grohol@novavax.UUCP (John Grohol) (05/24/91)
philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) writes: >Could the FDA be persuaded an Apple computer falls within their jurisdiction? Ummm, I think not. Last time I checked, an Apple computer (no matter WHAT the brand name, smile!) is still a computer, not an apple. Neither a food nor drug it be, Apple's a computer, Or at least tries to be. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- John M. Grohol || Nova University - Ft. Lauderdale, FL Internet: grohol@novavax.nova.edu || Center for Psychological Studies "Or would you like to be a fish?" - Laurie Anderson