[ILUG] new imac [OT]

Nick Murtagh murtaghn at tcd.ie
Tue Jan 8 20:28:22 GMT 2002


On Tuesday 08 January 2002 20:13, Paul Jakma wrote:
> going /really/ OT now.
>
> On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, John McDonnell wrote:
> > and more professional - more elegant - a bit like the way a Mercedes
> > doesn't need to advertise the size of its engine on the back.
>
> but they do! the number corresponds to the engine size in centilitres,
> eg 220 == 2.2L, 250 == 2.5L, 560 == 5.6L, etc..

Yes, you're thinking of the way some Mercedes (and BMW) owners take
those numbers off to fool people into thinking they've got a bigger
engine than they really do :)

In other words, style over substance, like OS X :)




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