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[David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>]

On 9/22/03 10:47 AM, "David R.Matusiak" <dave AT matusiak.org> wrote:

> On Friday, September 19, 2003, at 09:36  PM, Tom Boucher wrote:
> 
>> On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 06:16 PM, David R.Matusiak wrote:
>> 
>>> for everyone else who wants to know what the heck a "TAM" is, but are
>>> afraid to ask...
>>> 
>>> http://www.theapplecollection.com/
>>> get_picture.php?counter=Flame1152.jpg&link=http://
>>> www.theapplecollection.com/desktop/large_2001/Flame1152.jpg
>>> 
>>> d.m.
>> 
>> oh, you suck for owning one of those
>> 
>> I remember when those came out.  I was working at Pizza Hut in KS
>> doing Powerbook 520/540 work (installing modems, installing software,
>> etc) and Mac LC/PowerMac 7500 support back then.  I lusted after that
>> one something awful.
>> 
>> There were what 1000 of them made & they were installed by a personal
>> valet if I remember right.

Actually, I think it was closer to 10,000 units. My Dad bought it for my Mom
after the major price drop from $10,000 to $2,000 (not a bad price for a
computer with an LCD display in 1997). At that price, you did not get the
Apple concierge service, but you did get the goodies (remote control for the
TV tuner, leather CD case, pen and pencil set, etc.).

> ummm... the D.M. who owns this device is David Minton, not me, Tom.
> thus, i hope my personal "suck-itude" can be partially, if not wholly,
> transferred to him.  but thanks for pointing out that someone sucks
> because of ownership of a material object (and an obsolete one, at
> that).  i just sent a link as a frame of reference for others...

I guess I suck :-( I guess even more since I have the TAM sitting on the
floor in the spare bedroom. One of these days I'll set it up again.

Though if I suck for owning a TAM, I will probably suck more when my 1.25GHz
15" PowerBook shows up this week (I hope) ;-)

David
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(David Minton, another d.m. On the list).