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- From: strange@zk3.dec.com (Steve Strange)
- Subject: Re: 25 mHz IIsi--another success story
- In-Reply-To: carter@cae.wisc.edu's message of 8 Nov 92 12:23:15 CST
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- Date: 9 Nov 92 12:12:19
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- In article <1992Nov8.122315.19265@doug.cae.wisc.edu> carter@cae.wisc.edu (Carter Gregory) writes:
- Machines are designed and manufactured according to set engineering specs.
- This has nothing to do with Apple STICKING people for upgrades.
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- It is common practice to slow a machine down for marketing reasons.
- Most computer companies have done this many times.
-
- My primary concern here is people actually thinking they are "getting a
- free ride" by doing this upgrade and that they are going to be saving
- big bucks by doing it. Nothing could be further from the truth.
-
- I think a lot of things could be further than the truth than this.
- For me, anyway, it is a free ride. A free lunch. I couldn't be
- happier. If the machine starts crashing a lot, I'll put a slower
- crystal back in, but I doubt this will happen.
-
- In response to an earlier question in this thread, my IIsi is one of
- the first manufactured (bought in early Nov. '90), and the upgrade
- worked fine. I haven't checked the speed rating of the motherboard
- RAM, but I would guess it's 80 ns.
-
- Steve
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