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Originally Posted by techweenie View Post
Humor from the InterWebs:

"Early adopters of the iPhone weren't the only ones receiving in-store credit from Steve Jobs. In an overlooked announcement, Jobs said that early adopters of the Apple Lisa would be receiving a $7000 in-store credit. Apple released the Lisa in January of 1983 for $9,995, and the similar Macintosh was released a year later for $2,495. .....
Yeah, that is *just the same* . . .2 months . . . a qtr century ... eh, what' sthe diff' ? Technology prices drop by 1/3 (after much hype about exclusivity) all the time, just two months after release.
Just look at . .. ? Hmmm, Plasma screens? - nope. LCD's? - nope. HD-DVD? - nope.

You guys are committed to Jobs, or WHAT?

The guy TOTALLY PLAYED the i-faithful. ...and the i-faithful are saying "thank you sir, may I have another?"

Too funny.

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