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From: boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Low cost Mac's ?
Message-ID: <1990Aug15.054139.24585@world.std.com>
Date: 15 Aug 90 05:41:39 GMT
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brandonl@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Brandon Lovested) writes:

>In article <1990Aug14.115426.7016@smab.se> hans@smab.se (Hans C Larsson) writes:
>>Has anyone out there heard any new rumours about Apple's new
>>low costs Mac's ?
>Hahahahahahahaha.....Low Cost? Hahahahahaha...

>MAC IIsi
>20 MHz 68030, 1 slot, 2MB RAM, 40 MB HD.....$4200

>MAC LC ("Low Cost" -teehee)
>16 MHz 68020, 1 slot?, 2MB RAM, 40 MB HD....$2500

>MAC Classic  (Yeah, right...)
>Basically replaces Mac Plus and Mac SE......$2000

>Maybe this is low cost in terms of Brazillian money...

Please.  No-one pays list.  In fact, 30% off list is normal.  At these
prices, Macs seem a lot more competitive (especially considering that they
are far superior to DOS machines, as virtually everyone who has used both
realizes; micros are not evaluated solely on CPU speed).

Boris Levitin
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