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- From: eepmatt@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Matthew Friedman)
- Subject: Re: If only the PB100 came back
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 07:30:15 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.001821.2580@ucbeh.san.uc.edu> temple@ucbeh.san.uc.edu writes:
- >Okay, I agree. I bought a PB100 as a second mac, and the $699 I paid
- >for it was the only other issue. I don't care about the speed --- it
- >is a SECOND mac. I love having it.
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- I did too. And I never would have bought it if it cost as much as they do now.
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- Could it be that its not a mistake that there are no cheap powerbooks? Perhaps
- the 100 was just a little _too_ cheap, and sold a little _too_ well. I get the
- feeling that its no mistake that there are only more expensive (read: more
- profitable) models on the market now...
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- | eepmatt@casbah.acns.nwu.edu |
- | "Mrs. Shaw was another acquaintance who was not quite a friend... but |
- | much closer than either his father or his mother. Mrs. Shaw was honest,|
- | at least. She didn't dance. It all went on the bill at the end of the |
- | month, and she always cut the crusts off the sandwiches." |
- | -The Waste Lands, by Stephen King |
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