From: ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: MACS COST TOO MUCH (NOT!)
Date: 26 Aug 92 12:08:13 GMT
 <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

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___
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc