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- From: skok@itwds1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Holger Skok)
- Subject: Re: Why overpay for Mac?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.135241.14145@news.uni-stuttgart.de>
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- Organization: Inst. f. Thermodynamik u. Waermetechnik (ITW), U. of Stuttgart, FRG
- References: <1992Nov03.122046.89586@bmug.org> <2AF8D461.11149@news.service.uci.edu> <1992Nov10.175506.23065@ee.rochester.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 13:52:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov10.175506.23065@ee.rochester.edu> rhode@ee.rochester.edu (Robert Rhode) writes:
- >If you WANT to use stone-age software, then the Mac is not only overpriced,
- >it's not even an option. On the other hand, if you recognize that the
- >operating system and application software is a very REAL part of the
- >equation, and realize that the higher price of Mac software subsidizes the
- >development and maintenance of the BEST user interface in the world, bar
- >none, and allows you to run the slickest applications (I have used Win3.1;
- >I know whereof I speak), then the Macintosh is not overpriced at all.
- >It's a bargain.
-
- Except in Germany, where the damned machines cost roughly 50% more than
- in the US, new models arrive later, old models are dumped on us which
- aren't available in the US any more...
-
- I love Macs, if only Apple Germany would treat us potential users with
- some respect!
- HSK
- --
- Sie singen das alte Entsagungslied, das Eiapopeia vom Himmel,
- womit man beruhigt, wenn es greint, das Volk, den grossen Luemmel.
- Ein neues Lied, ein besseres Lied, oh Freunde, will ich Euch dichten,
- Wir wollen hier auf Erden schon das Himmelreich errichten. ... H. Heine
-