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From: Chris.Gehlker@p12.f56.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Gehlker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Low cost Mac's ?
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Date: 28 Aug 90 13:31:38 GMT
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>    To make up for this shortcoming, we now have the low-end Macs (Classic,
LC,
>    and IIsi).  I believe that while everyone thinks these Macs are for the
>    general public (the rest of us), Apple thinks about gaining market share
> by
>    selling them to these same large institutions, and plans to price them
>    competitively but relative to IBM/Compaqs.

Kevin, I thought your post made some good points but I don't think that the
Mac is the right machine for members of the general public.  The typical 
person
who asks me about what kind of computer that they should buy will use the 
thing
about two hours a week for light word processing and ballancing their 
checkbook.
 The primary advantage of the Mac, the consistent user interface across 
applications,
will be totally lost on them because they will only get one or two 
applications.

Another mistake these folk often make is to get the cheapest 386 that they can
 
find in Computer Shopper.  These thing often don't work as shipped and the 
support
(if there is any) is terrible.  But people buy these thing because all the 
computer
magazines say they need a 386.  Then they only run Word Perfect.  What these
folks need is a solid 8086 machine.

 

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