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Early Macintosh owners also know the problems of obsolescence. 400k disk drives, 128k memory, SCSI-less computers... All remnants of the older, first-generation Macs. Computer buyers can't even purchase a Mac with less than 512k these days (k stands for kilobytes, or thousand characters, of storage memory...
...Macintosh, such as the original 128 kilobytemodel--which is not produced anymore--and thecurrent "fat" 512k machine, can be upgraded toMacPluses for a fee. Equipment to upgrade thosemachines will be available in April
...Computer Age. Living off the benificence of Mac-owning friends and acquaintences, these pathetic souls never know where their next slot of computer-time will come from. Some have even been driven to the personals columns of local newspapers. "Single, male, good-looking Harvard student seeks female with 512K," read one recent advertisement...
...standard Macintosh held little promise as an office machine. Its 128K memory was too small to run complicated programs, and no real business software was available. But in September Apple began selling the so-called Fat Mac, a model with a memory expanded to 512K. In November came another breakthrough, when the developers of the bestselling Lotus 1-2-3 business program announced a version for the Macintosh, called Jazz...