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From: tthiel@cs.uiuc.edu (Terry Thiel)
Subject: Re: Why does Apple give us a confusing message?
Message-ID: <C5qEFr.D58@cs.uiuc.edu>
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 12:52:39 GMT
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ferch@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch) writes:

>In <C5nGII.BGx@news2.cis.umn.edu> bunt0003@student.tc.umn.edu (Monthian
>Buntan-1) writes: 

>>Does anyone know why Apple has an ambiguous message for C650 regarding
>>fpu?  In all Mac price lists I've seen, every C650 as the message "fpu:
>>optional".  I know from what we've discussed in this newsgroup that all
>>C650 have the fpu built in except the 4/80 configuration.  Why would they
>>be so unclear about this issue in their price list? 

>Perhaps the reason is simple--maybe the marketing people who put together
>the brochures and price lists weren't clear on the FPU issue. 

Perhaps the marketing people don't KNOW what an FPU is!
-Terry
