[P1] 17" Laptops P.S.

[Jack Rodgers]

On Nov 4, 2003, at 12:05 PM, Fred Stevens K2FRD wrote:

> Not my quote above, Jack, but irrelevant.

Thank Apple for forcing the attribute line on us and disregard the 
laziness of the senders...   :)

> I had mentioned that the PM 6100 had built-in ethernet in 1994.  Do 
> you have an example of a PC of that era or before which had built-in 
> ethernet?

I never stated built-in ethernet.

I think most PC's in the past have used add-on cards for the ethernet 
connection.

While the built in Ethernet is a great sales gimmic, it isn't 
upgradeable other than by adding another card just like a PC user must 
do.

The point I was trying to make is that PC users were networking with 
Ethernet while mac users were stuck with Local Talk.

It's no longer relevant other than as a history lesson to point out 
that Apple has not always been the technology leader but they have a 
record of making the new technology easier to use and ya gotta love em 
for that... sometimes ease of use has meant fewer features but that's 
another thread.

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