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From: sschneider@pro-exchange.cts.com (The RainForest BBS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: the whole apple II line.(warning: long market stats)
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Date: 3 Oct 89 00:50:03 GMT
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Comment to message from: jabernathy@pro-houston.cts.com (Joe Abernathy)

Hi Joe!
I disagree... the =ONLY= reason Apple maintains <and even got the foothold it
utilized to the max> its presence in the School market is the discounts it
offered from the beginning. Note that when Jobs started to market the neXt
computer he went the same way... MAXIMUM discounts to the schools. I realize
this is an Apple feed (and I =DO= run an Apple//e BBS) but REALITY and COST
point to a different direction for normal <read not able to use discounts>
users.
Take a look at those of us that want to multinode systems or buy extensive
memory or disk space. CHEAP <and not necessarily unreliable, etc> is not an
Apple advantage. Disk space alone sells for 1/3 the cost of the same on an
Apple system. Programs must run in 64K (or 128K) instead of having 640K or
even more with EMS... 
Don't get me wrong... I have enjoyed my Apple computer for years but any
future expansion on my part will be based on a realistic cost basis and Apple
=TOTALLY= fails when it is based on cost/use... 

/steve

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