This is a contentious issue on some PB boards in US at moment as the next round of upgrades looks as if it is an optional extra as Apple are attempting to deliver a PB with ADSL modems instead. Some have suggested it could still have dialup in same modem, I have not seen this with ADSL yet, but makes for an interesting modem though.
So you go to someone's house with your PowerBook and then wait 4 weeks for the ADSL to be hooked up so you can plug your PowerBook in? Seems like a silly idea to me! I'd hazard to guess that anyone paying for an ADSL connection is also going to have a router you can plug your laptop into.
Also with Tiger upon us one of the big letter parts of advertising I have seen is aimed at a FAX included. Makes it slightly hard to deliver if you do not have a modem, for which most people I know assume this is a given in a computer in 2005. Their must be a new way Apple has designed to get the delivery bit happening without one.
Lets see, I've got about about 8 modems at home, and I use 0 of them, so I'd guess it's probably a pretty reasonable part to give the customer the option of not purchasing.
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