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From: mikes@shumv1.uucp (Michael Steele)
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Subject: Re: Support Apple II's
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Date: 18 Nov 89 09:51:14 GMT
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In article <16865@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> anarch@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (The Anarch) writes:
>In article <36423@apple.Apple.COM> mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) writes:
>>In article <4514@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> rnf@shumv1.ncsu.edu (Rick Fincher) writes:
>>>
>>>A similar IIgs would be under $2,500 retail, if Apple had educational prices
>>>for the IIgs it would be less than $1,500.
>>>
>>Ahem...Apple *does* have educational prices for all its products.  Most people
>>just don't happen to be schools.
>
>Ahem..my school claims that they cannot get Apple II stuff, only Macs.  I'm not
>sure if they mean for the school or for students, but either way it seems a bit
>screwed to me.

************* Flame thrower on!  (look out marketing types!)**********
Ohh yes, I went through this argument with the Marketing fiends at
the Boston Applefest.  I go to NC STATE University and they sell LOTS of
Macs here, but know nothing of the GS's!  Of course Apple gives them the
option of selling the GS's but certainly doesn't suggest doing so. ALL
of the Apple marketing in this area is geared toward the Mac.  It
disgusts me to see the Mac being pushed so fervently toward students who
can't afford them...even at the cut rate prices offered.  A GS would give
a student a sufficient amount of power at an affordable price.  OF
Course Apple can't have college students running around with GS's
though!  "They just aren't powerful enough to handle a college demands!"

The NCSU music department bought 3 GS's to use in sound training but
abanded them when the local Apple dealer (really a Mac dealer) told them
the GS's were "useless, not powerful enough" and suggested they buy
Macs!!!!!!!  So the music department has to wait a couple of years before 
they can get enough money to purchase these more "powerful" Macs!

I commend people like Matt and other AIIDTS folks on the net who further
the GS "cause".  The people at fault are the marketing slime who
evidently run Apple Corporate now!  My only cause for hope is that the
new Developers Association will be able to convince marketing that the
GS really is a viable solution for small businesses and students as well
as the K-12 market.

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