Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!sohn From: sohn@Apple.COM (a phil sohn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: '040 Mac Message-ID: <10409@goofy.Apple.COM> Date: 25 Sep 90 23:51:00 GMT References: Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 26 es2j+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edward John Sabol) writes: >Anybody have any info on when the '040 Macs will be coming out? I'm thinking >of upgrading to the IIfx, but I don't want to waste money if the '040s are >coming out in less than say 6 months. Any info would be welcome. Thanks. Applying a little common sense: I think NeXT ships about 5,000 machines a month. Next will be coming out with the 040 in November. It does not take Apple any longer to develop a machine than NeXT. If Apple only shipped 5,000 fxs a month, the fx would probably be dropped from the product line. Plus before Apple announces the product Apple needs about 10,000 just sitting around. So Apple really can not ship an 040 machine until April or so. Of course, my logic has several hugh flaws in it, but you get the general idea. As an added disclaimer, I don't work in Apple products and I only know what I read in MacWeek about an 040 Mac. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ a phil sohn sohn@apple.com <- ARPA phil@ems.media.mit.edu sohn <- AppleLink Since I am self employeed, I hope that my opinion and that of my employeer are one and the same. ------------------------------------------------------------