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- From: kwun@css.itd.umich.edu (Michael Kwun)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: If only the PB100 came back
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 17:01:01 GMT
- Organization: University of Michigan - ITD Consulting and Support
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- SAURABH MISRA (smisra@eos.ncsu.edu) wrote:
- : the Powerbook with an internal drive. Just 3 months ago you could get
- : a 100 with an external floppy NEW for a little less than that.
-
- rumor has it that the 100s cost Apple over $1000 each, and that the
- reason they were selling so cheap is because Apple was discontinuing them
- and had to make room in the warehouses for current models.
- If that's true, $800 for a 16 Mhz '000 in a PB is probably wishful
- thinking. Especially since it would be a non-duo form factor, but without
- an internal drive sort of deal--Apple factories would have to add a third
- powerbook shell to their lines (also remember that Apple never built a
- single 100--they contracted out to Sony).
-
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- | Internet: Michael.Kwun@umich.edu | I speak only for myself. |
- | Bitnet: userW0ZA@UMICHUM | Owning a Duo and loving it. |
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