Lack of a built in modem (was: Re: [Ti] Great day for you Intel fans!)

[Mikael Byström]

Ardeshir Mehta said:

>>> More interesting is the lack of a built in modem!
>>
>> But Apple offers an Apple USB modem for it.
>
>Yes, but that still means that if you want to send faxes right out of  
>the machine you have to buy something extra do so - no?
Or use a fax gateway server.

I think it's a little but shortsighted not to offer an internal modem at
an extra cost, but maybe it was costprohibitive to design for it? It's a
bit stupid though not even be able to call in when you're in a third
world country or somewhere similar.