[aklug] Re: Mac laptops and reliability

From: Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com>
Date: Tue Aug 17 2010 - 18:42:30 AKDT

On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 13:16 -0800, James Zuelow wrote:
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> From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org] On Behalf
> Of Jim Gribbin Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 8:23 PM
> To: Damien Hull
> Cc: Tim Gibney; Bruce Hill; Alasky Linux Users Group
> Subject: [aklug] Re: Mac laptops and reliability
>
> > I used an Apple/Mac once, for about an hour. Was playing with the
> > original "Flight Simulator" (before Microsoft bought it). I think it
> > was=20
> > about 1982 ;-)
> >=20
> >=20
>
> Ya know, last week I saw an Apple Macintosh SE at State Surplus here in Jun=
> eau. It was the kind with the hard drive, not the dual floppies. I think =
> I might pick it up to see what the excitement is all about...=
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Damn. Those things were expensive when they came out. $3900 w/ 20 MB
(yes MB) drive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_SE

Last one of those I remember seeing, someone had turned it into an
aquarium.

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