Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Why the big price jump? Message-ID: Date: 22 Sep 90 17:52:21 GMT References: <1990Sep21.034515.29804@wam.umd.edu> <3142@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> <45044@apple.Apple.COM> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: /home/server2/melling/.organization Lines: 16 In-Reply-To: north@Apple.COM's message of 22 Sep 90 01:02:01 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: client6.cs.psu.edu In article <45044@apple.Apple.COM> north@Apple.COM (Don North) writes: It should be obvious why NeXT is pricing their new systems, especially at the low end, where they are - they are in SURVIVAL MODE. Believe me, when you analyze the COST (NOT end-user PRICE) of the components going into these boxes, they are selling them basically at break-even. The ONLY way that NeXT is going to make it to 1995 is to build market share NOW. Yeah, so what. It just means we can get a great computer at a great price. So what if the prices go up after a year. That just means everyone should buy a NeXT before the prices do go up and the software is no longer bundled. -Mike