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From: steve@uswmrg2.UUCP (Steve Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac owners guilt at Mac high prices (Why, Apple? Why?)
Message-ID: <1990Jul11.185739.7223@uswmrg2.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jul 90 18:57:39 GMT
References: <77516@aerospace.AERO.ORG> <1990Jul8.052331.101@d.cs.okstate.edu> <2353.26987f28@csc.anu.oz> <18949@well.sf.ca.us>
Reply-To: steve@uswmrg2.UUCP (Steve Martin)
Organization: US West Marketing Resources Group, Aurora CO.
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In article <18949@well.sf.ca.us> cbm@well.sf.ca.us (Chris Muir) writes:
>In messaqge <2353.26987f28@csc.anu.oz> pfr654@csc.anu.oz (Phil Ryan)
>writes:
>*WE all know that the Mac is better. We all know that you get more in a Mac
>*box than in a PC box BUT WE STILL WANT A CHEAP MAC THAT EVERYONE COULD
>*AFFORD *WITHOUT* HAVING TO MAKE EXCUSES FOR APPLE. ('R&D' being the
>*favorite)
>
>Apple isn't really more expensive than IBM or Comaq. Apple is about the same as
>any "real" large computer company. Do people who compare Apple's prives with
>clone prices also buy genericly packaged food? 

It's true, we did a comparison of buying a Mac to buying an IBM or Compaq with
nearly identical features and the Mac won hands down.  Go out and buy yourself
a large two page display for an IBM sometime!
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Steve Martin                         | Nothing I say can be held against
U S West Marketing Resources Group   | Me or my employer!
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