Re: Is the first watt what really counts?


Jon Yaeger wrote:
> Andre wrote:
>
>
> I was disposing of a Mac Quadra 840AV that we used
> > to make music videos in the days when it was the only computer with
> > S-Video ports and the necessary software; it was the most expensive Mac
> > Apple ever offered.
>
>
> Don't forget the Lisa. The retail on that unit was $10K, IIRC.

Yeah, I wondered about saying "second most expensive" but a fellow I
know who still has a Lisa in use was most likely asleep so I couldn't
call to ask him if the Lisa was actually a "Macintosh" or just an
Apple. On the day after the 840AV was officially pronounced dead by
Apple, who lost money on every one they sold, I called a distributor in
England and tried to buy three. He let me have one as a favour. All the
designers who wouldn't pay for it when it new, waiting for the price to
drop, on that day panicked and started phoning around to get one before
the stock ran out. It was quite literally the only computer you could
buy off the shelf, short of dedicated and custom machines which started
at about hundred grand for the shaky ones, which would do that sort of
work. Now that sort of video/music work is a commonplace, given away
free with the most basic Mac.

> I used to be an Apple Dealer.
>
> I don't know *** about tubes, but I can troubleshoot Apple gear to the
> component level . . . . . .

Jon, my dear old friend, how insincere do I need to be to persuade you
to move to nearby?

> Jon

Andre Jute

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