WELL,HERE WE GO AGAIN!
 I,M GONNA START OFF THIS ISSUE WITH
AN OLD GRIPE I'VE HAD AGAINST APPLE
FOR SOME TIME NOW!
 WHEN LIVING IN L.A. I WAS A MEMBER
OF THE HUGHES AIRCRAFT APPLE USERS
GROUP.AT THE APRIL 83 MEETING,APPLE
BROUGHT IN THEIR IIE PROJECT MANAGER
TO ANSWER A FEW TECH QUESTIONS BEING
FIELDED BY MEMBERS AT THE PREVIOUS
MEETING.BEING SOMEWHAT OF AN INSTIGATOR,I ASKED HIM WHY APPLE DOES'NT INCLUDE
A NUMERIC KEYPAD IN THEIR NEWLY RELEASED IIE? THE RESPONSE WAS THAT IT WAS
TO PROHIBITIVE  COST WISE!
 NOW-CONSIDERING THAT THE IIE COST APPLE UNDER $200 TO MAKE,AND WERE RETAILING
AT THE TIME FOR $1395, I JUST COULDN'T
BELIEVE THAT ANOTHER $5 WOULD HAVE BEEN
THAT EXTREAM OF AN EXPENDITURE.ALSO, A
SLIGHT MODIFICATION TO A ROM CHIP WOULD
HAVE ALLOWED PROGRAMED FUNCTION KEYS AT
NO COST TO APPLE!ALSO-HOW MANY OF US IIE OWNERS HAVE EVER NEEDED TILDE OR OPEN-
CLOSE APPLE KEYS?THE KEYBOARD & FUNCTION KEYS WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE PREFERABLE!
AND GUESS WHAT THE GENIUSES AT APPLE HAVE PLANNED FOR THE II NEXT? SOLDERED CHIPS ON THE MOTHERBOARD! WHAT A BUMMER!
SUPPOSED TO IMPROVE RELIABILITY(MANUFACTURING COSTS) ACTUALLY.          
 BY THE WAY-WHEN CLONES FIRST APPEARED
WITH SOLDERED CHIPS ON THE MOTHERBOARD,
DIDN'T QUITE A FEW LARGE COMPUTER RAGS
RUN ARTICLES ON THIS FACT POINTING OUT
LOW QUALITY BECAUSE OF IT!!! SEEMS LIKE
SOMEONE (APPLE OR THE RAGS)ARE GONNA
HAVE TO EAT THEIR  WORDS! HEE-HEE-HEE
    
BUT-IF YOU FEEL SORRY ABOUT THE IIE'S
DESTINY,LETS LOOK AT MACINTOSH!!!

THEIR BOARD IS ALREADY SOLDERED TO THE
CHIPS!ALSO-NO EXPANSION SLOTS FOR AN
32 BIT CPU???? AND NO COLOR!!!!
LOTS OF FOOLS BUYING NOW WHEN A 512K
BOARD WILL BE OUT SOON FOR THE SAME
COST.
LETS FACE IT-HALF THE FUN OF OWNING
AN APPLE WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH THE
ROM CHIPS,COLOR GRAPHICS,AND THE
CAPABILITY TO EXPAND VIA 8 SLOTS ANY
DIRECTION THE INDIVIDUAL USER WANTED!
JUST THINK WHAT THAT MAC 68000 CHIP
COULD DO WITH COLOR GRAPHICS AND 10
EXPANSION SLOTS???

ALSO-THE NEW APPLE PORTABLE(ELF?)
DUE TO BE RELEASED SOON HAS THE
SAME UNDISIRABLE SOLDERED CHIPS!

AND YOU'LL NEVER-R-R-R HEAR ABOUT
ANY OF THESE BLATENT MISTAKES BEING
PUBLISHED ANYWHERE BUT HERE!

NUFF SAID-
BOOTLEG
