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From: jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeremy G. Mereness)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: New IBM Threat
Message-ID: <0aeR7uK00VQp084=UH@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 22 Jul 90 16:19:06 GMT
Organization: Computing Systems, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Up until now, I haven't been giving all that much thought to the 
Rom04 GS rumors, mostly because I have been disaointed before. 

Now, though, I hope and pray something comes out in the Fall, because
IBM has announced the PS/1 line, based upon a fast '286 and sells for
between 1 and 2 grand complete. It doesn't have a serial port (from
what I read in PC magazine) but does come with a built-in modem. This
machine was specifically designed for the "home market" and comes with
an easy to use, mouse-based interface under VGA graphics.

This is the closest thing yet to a machine in direct competition with
the Apple //GS, product-description wise and market-wise. And the GS
can't compete with this thing at its current configuration. We've been
loyal to our machine, both to its and our credit. But now the gavel
falls on Apple's neglect. If something doesn't happen soon, IBM will
swamp the market with these things, just like they did with the
original PC. 

You guys at Apple, I am concerned and worried. Any comments, no matter
how cryptic, would be appreciated.

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