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From: cfj@isc.intel.com (Charlie Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Rumor -> Loss of Mac's 20% advantage over Windows 3.0
Message-ID: <804@intelisc.isc.intel.com>
Date: 2 Jul 90 17:02:38 GMT
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Organization: Intel Scientific Computers
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With all this hoopla over Windows 3.0, still the biggest barrier to acceptance
of the Mac by the masses is the price and possibly the small screen size
on the compact macs.  As an example, my wife and I showed our SE/30 to my
sister in law who is a PC user but is totally nontechnical.  When we told
her how much we paid (and we bought it used!!) she said :

     1. I could get a PC AT of 1/3 the price.
     2. I could never survive with the small screen.
     3. No color ??

I know that Apple is trying to address this with the new so called low cost
Mac.  Reality is that you must have a competitive price to get people in
the door.  Only then will user interface become an issue.  


-- 
Charles Johnson
Intel Scientific Computers, MS CO1-01
15201 NW Greenbrier Pkwy
Beaverton, OR  97006           phone: (503)629-7605  email: cfj@isc.intel.com