FS: Macs for VCF
Keys
jrkeys at concentric.net
Wed Nov 2 09:47:03 CST 2005
I have the TAM and a Cube in my collection plus 3 or 4 Black Mac TV's.
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> From: "Gil Carrick" <gilcarrick at comcast.net>
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>> ...
>> > You know, collecting systems with the Apple logo on them may
>> > not be such a bad idea.
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>> > I figure it'll be only a couple of years before Apple sells
>> > its computer systems business to some Chinese concern, while
>> > maintaining ownership of the software.
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>> And the latest models will just be Intel boxes which will also run
> Windows.
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>> ;)
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>> Gil
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> No they will be pieces of expensive "art" that just happen to have an
> Intel
> part crammed in them somewhere and run Windows when no Mac zealots are
> around to see it. Apple still makes most of its cash on hardware sales and
> little on software, so I don't see them getting rid of the hardware line
> any
> time soon. Sooner or later we will see some other fruity labeled Mac
> knockoffs from Asia just like in the good old Apple 2 days (why buy the
> company when you can just rip them off).
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> Personally only the 68K Macs are collectable to me.
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> I need to find a spare IIfx before the last ones are ground into plastic
> picnic table tops or end up in some hoarders storage shed.
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