Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 22:41:21 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: <10oniah$3p849$1@dont-email.me> References: <10omj9o$3c89u$1@dont-email.me> <10onf92$3o8jo$1@dont-email.me> Injection-Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:41:21 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="98179bca93d1d947884826b36c32dc76"; logging-data="3973257"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/Tg/5V1osX1U8lAsw1uFWApOa+tLzXYcE=" User-Agent: tin/2.6.5-20251224 ("Glenury") (Linux/6.18.6-200.fc43.x86_64 (x86_64)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:wYK5S0rPW0bh9NEL9a5/+0QyEUk= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2:49252 Your Name wrote: > On 2026-03-09 13:51:53 +0000, Kalevi Kolttonen said: MummyChunk > wrote: >>> >>> Ran across this old Apple II order form and thought >>> people here would appreciate it. >> >> Yes, it is always fun to have reality checks like this. Those >> were different times. >> >> br, >> KK > > Not as ridiculous as the price Apple charged to put feet or wheels on > the Mac Pro. :-\ Apple products really *are* expensive, aren't they? I use Fedora Linux and FreeBSD on my Lenovo laptops. They run well and are affordable. Over a decade ago I did buy Apple iPad Air 2 and it has been good. I still use it everyday just a little bit, but since it is so old, I get no software updates. The Safari browser is so outdated that most web sites no longer work with it. YouTube still works at least somehow! From a hardware point of view, this iPad works perfectly so it is a big shame that it is rotting from a software standpoint. br, KK