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Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing

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On 2026-03-09 22:41:21 +0000, Kalevi Kolttonen said:
> Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote:
>> On 2026-03-09 13:51:53 +0000, Kalevi Kolttonen said: MummyChunk
>> <mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> 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?

Nope. Apple products are higher-end. If you compare the prices of Apple 
devices with other higher0end models from the likes of Samsung, etc., 
you'll find the prices are about the same.

The difference is that Apple doens normally bother with low-end 
products - the iPhone SE and the new MacBook Neo are about as close as 
they get.




> I use Fedora Linux and FreeBSD on my Lenovo laptops. They run well and 
> are affordable.

Fine if you're pretty much self-contained, but Linux doesn't run any of 
the standard software from Microsoft, Adobe, etc., so if you need 
those, Linux is useless.




> 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!

Get a different web browser. There are others.




> From a hardware point of view, this iPad works perfectly so it is a big 
> shame that it is rotting from a software standpoint.

That's the tech industry for you, especially these days with new models 
released every year, if not more often. Same happens in some other 
industries, such as cars - you buy one and a few months later they 
release a newer / teweaked version. Book publishers release books with 
updated cover designs, often in the middle of a series run, so you end 
up with a mess of mismatching books to complete the set.  :-(

Then again, it depends on what you do or need. My previous PowerMac G3 
lasted me over 25 years of every day work and leisure use (most of that 
with a dial-up internet connection too!) before I was forced to replace 
it due to a motherboard fault. My car is over 30 years old, and still 
goes fine, although parts are becoming quite difficult to obtain.

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When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) - 2026-03-09 00:18 -0400
  Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2026-03-09 13:51 +0000
    Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2026-03-10 10:49 +1300
      Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2026-03-09 22:41 +0000
        Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2026-03-10 13:26 +1300
          Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2026-03-10 05:46 +0000
            Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2026-03-10 13:59 +0000
              Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2026-03-11 11:02 +1300
                Chaos in the Lab Duhast <duhast@123gmail.com> - 2026-03-11 19:39 -0400
                Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) - 2026-03-12 22:43 -0400
            Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2026-03-10 14:18 +0000
              Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2026-03-11 10:54 +1300
              Re: When Apple Sold 4K of RAM for $1,298 and Called It Personal Computing Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> - 2026-03-11 21:19 -0500
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