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From: ec1k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edward P. Costello)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: RE: Loss of Mac's 20%/ Death by Windows
Message-ID: <waaHU9_00Ugy81NoFZ@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 10 Jul 90 02:06:01 GMT
Organization: English, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Just to throw some gas on the fire:

Why doesn't Apple just have a fire sale on the low-end Macs?
I mean really low, wipe out the inventory of Plus'es and Se's
before the new low-end computers come out. Then the people
who want a cheap Mac can get one and Apple can wipe out its
inventory while gaining a few more customers.
Colour is really nice, but how many people (in the "low-end"
I use it to type papers etc. market) need it? How many people
REALLY need the blazing fast speed of an SE/30?
The main problem with this approach is that stock Se's and Plus'es
don't have the memory to do anything with Multifinder
and I doubt Apple would be that willing to trade customers
for profits...:-)

-ed costello
-(lately of) the communicstions design center
-c.m.u