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- From: ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: MACS COST TOO MUCH (NOT!)
- Message-ID: <92239.140813ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 12:08:13 GMT
- References: <D2150035.bbhv8f@outpost.SF-Bay.org>
- <ewright.714240248@convex.convex.com> <15043@claris.com>
- <SES.92Aug19192620@cmns-sun.think.com> <ewright.714326409@convex.convex.com>
- <92237.183929ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET> <ewright.714687708@convex.convex.com>
- Organization: KFA Forschungszentrum Juelich
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- In article <ewright.714687708@convex.convex.com>, ewright@convex.com (Edward V.
- Wright) says:
- >
- >In <92237.183929ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET> ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET writes:
- >
- >>such an outstanding replacement as TrueType ?
- Perhaps there is a :-) missing here.
- >
- >Hm. Well, then, since many fonts are still not available in Truetype
- >format, I'm sure you'll want some program for coverting from Postscript
- >to Truetype format. I'm also sure that such software is available free
- >on your fabulously cheap PC -- right?
-
- No! Actually I don`t want it since I have ATM for OS/2 and Windows. It came
- for free with OS/2. And since Apple will include ATM with 7.01 (as I heard)
- TrueType is obviously a dead end.
-
- >>If you really want it cheap on the PC, get OS/2 instead of Windows and you
- >get
- >>it for free (thats $7/$0 times as cheap) together with the free replacement
- >of
- >>the "clumsy Program manager".
- >
- >Oh? IBM is now giving away OS/2 for free? Last time I looked, people
- >were still advertising it for $79. Not an insignificant sum, IMHO, for
- >the OS of the Month. (Real computer companies don't charge users extra
- >for the operating system. It's a wonder IBM and the other clone-
- >makers don't charge you extra for the power cord to plug it in. :-)
-
- Either my english is too bad or you don`t want to understand. If you had ever
- bought a computer you would have probably noticed companies selling computers
- w/o OS, OSes w/o computers, and computers with OSes. Even Apple will be glad
- to sell you a copy of System 7 w/o computer. And they will charge you
- considerably if you want AU/X. On the other side its getting really hard to
- find a PC clone sold without an OS. Sure at the present that OS will be WinDOS
- in most cases, but this is going to change right now. If you buy one of the
- mid-class or bigger PS/2 you get OS/2.
-
- >>up a difference of $2500 in the initial hardware cost (at least in this
- >>country and for and IIsi class machine).
- ^^^^^^ watch this
-
- >Hm. Well, since I can easily buy a IIsi for $2500, I guess that price
- >difference must mean that IBM is giving away free machines too. Perhaps
- >already told us that your leisure time is worthless, so we won't consider
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ and this too
-
- I see you are a frequent reader of my postings. So you sure remember the one
- with the pricing table for a IIsi in _this country_. I don`t have the US PC
- clone prices so I compare the prices for PC and Mac in _this country_. So if
- you can easily buy two or better ten IIsi for $2500 each in _this country_ I
- will pay you the flight. All you have to do is sell me the IIsi`s for $2500
- each. I have to pay $5700 each.
-
- If the price difference between Mac and PC is negligible in the US then perhaps
- the US netters should simply say "Macs cost too much! Yeah, but not for us."
-
- Michael Bode, Research Center Juelich, ___GERMANY___
-