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- Subject: Re: Is Now the Time to Buy a PowerBook?
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- From: zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu (Gregory Talmo)
- Date: 6 Jan 93 08:49:46 -0600
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- In article <1993Jan5.152303.19029@husc3.harvard.edu>,
- silvers3@husc8.harvard.edu (Jolyon Silversmith) wrote:
- >
- > The subject line basically says it. I want to buy a new Mac in the next six
- > months, and at the moment am looking at a PowerBook 160 because of its
- > combination of price and external video support. Is there any point in waiting
- > for a new PowerBook (I'm not interested in the Duos, however) or a machine
- > such as the LC III that would be cheap and yet powerful enough to justify buying
- > a desktop machine?
- >
-
- Well, it's always better to wait, because the machines always get better,
- but if you follow that you'll never buy one ;-). However, I'd suggest
- wating for a while, as Apple will be introducing a deluge of new stuff
- within the next few months (according to MacLeak) that looks to be pretty
- neat.
-
- - Greg Talmo (zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu)
- |The opinions expressed above are my own,
- "A censor is a man who knows more |and do not necessarily reflect the
- than he thinks you ought to." |opinions, tastes, or policies of Winona
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- |students.
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