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From: GWO110%URIACC.BITNET@brownvm.brown.edu (F. Michael Theilig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Low cost Macs and The Return of Timex (was Re: Murph's
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Date: 7 Sep 90 01:51:19 GMT
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On 29 Aug 90 13:38:27 GMT you said:
>Did anyone catch this in the Vaporware column?:
>
>Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) writes:
>>K-12 Macs.
>>The first two models in Apple's long awaited line of low
>>cost Macs are set for an October 15 unveiling.
>>...  The
>>more powerful color machine, codenamed "Pinball," will be a
>>modular design closely resembling the Apple IIgs.  Priced
>>between $3,000 and $4,000 with a SuperDrive and 40 Mbyte
>>hard disk, the Pinball is based on a 20 MHz 68030.  After
>>the first of the year, Apple will introduce a $2,750 20 MHz
>>68020 system currently known as the Mac LC.
>
>Looks like Apple might start to become competitive with the Amiga soon.
>What gives? I just can't see Apple selling a 68030 color machine with
>hard drive for around the same price as an Amiga 3000. There has to be a
>catch. Probably will be that the floppy drive, keyboard, video card, and
>power cord are optional extras, that will cost another $3,000.
>
     Remember that the title of the column you quoted has the word
 "vaporware" in it.  I remember word of the "Amiga Killer" a few years
 back.  A killer IIgs machine that was supposed to be MUCH faster then
 the Amiga and cheaper.  Apple can put together some good stuff, but
 they don't have a grasp on the low end market.  IBM has a better shot
 at the home computer market than Apple.

     October 12th will, however, prove interesting ...
>
>
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