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		flomo on Nov 10, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Daring Fireball: Apple's Pricing Advantage In 1984, my buddy received a $2500 Mac 128K for his birthday. I got a $800 Apple //c. To this day, I believe I recieved the better gift, at the time. The original Mac, while "groundbreaking", was not only overpriced, but pretty useless.

protomyth on Nov 10, 2010 [–]

It really should have shipped with 512K (Forth was fun then). I wrote all my college papers on an Mac printing to a LaserWriter. For the time, that combo was incredible.

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