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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!centerline!noc.near.net!hri.com!wilde
  2. From: wilde@hri.com (Scott Wilde)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
  4. Subject: Re: new inside Macintosh?
  5. Message-ID: <6798@bigbird.hri.com.hri.com>
  6. Date: 22 Jul 92 20:17:29 GMT
  7. References: <BRUNER.92Jul15134236@sp15.csrd.uiuc.edu> <1992Jul16.080836.27671@msc.cornell.edu> <zkessin.711384199@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> <70207@apple.Apple.COM>
  8. Sender: news@hri.com.hri.com
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  12.  
  13. In article <70207@apple.Apple.COM>, bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre) writes:
  14. |> 
  15. |>         COST PER POUND
  16. |> K&R "C" manual        $60     (1/2 lb @ $30)
  17. |> Inside Mac "dictionary" $9.38     (8 lbs @ $75)
  18. |> 
  19. |>         COST PER PAGE
  20. |> K&R            $.15    (200 pages @ $30)
  21. |> Inside Mac        $.0625    (1200 pages @ $75)
  22. |> 
  23.  
  24. On the other hand, by that sort of reasoning:
  25.  
  26.     COST PER MEG
  27. Quantum 105  $4.09
  28. Wren 1.2G    $1.75
  29.  
  30. So why doesn't everyone own a 1.2 Gig drive?
  31.  
  32. *prices for ext. drives from APS ad,April 92 MacWorld
  33.  
  34. |>somewhat satirical, but these are facts
  35.  
  36. Scott Wilde
  37. wilde@hri.com
  38.