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From: gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Re: Boy, I bet Apple feels silly now...
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Date: 24 Sep 90 19:23:53 GMT
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In article <337@atncpc.UUCP>, bruce@atncpc.UUCP (Bruce Henderson) writes...
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>read the facts
>
>Where will Apple price the (eventual) '040 mac
>... most likely above the "fx" ($11,000)
> 
>Now if it is that (with no monitor, software
>ore even A STINKING KEYBOARD!) against a 
>$5,000.00 machine, with fewer (although 
>quite capeable) packages, well, I would say that 
>at least a few people will take the $5,000.00    


Um, I hate to intrude upon your fantasies, but maybe you should wake up now. 
It is _highly_ unlikely that Apple will price their 040 machines that high,
given that you could purchase a Next for $600-7000 (the $5000 price is a
misleading price; unless you happen to have a fast server, you'll need to get a
bigger HD than 105).

This is the same thing that happened to Next.  Do you think they lowered their
prices solely because they're nice folk?  Not likely.  They lowered them
because market pressures (such as Sparcstations, lack of sales, A/UX 2.0, etc.)
lead them to.  And Apple will almost certainly follow.  To start, I'd look for
a drop in the IIfx prices, to follow the IIci drop earlier this quarter.  And I
would _not_ look for 040 machines priced greatly over $10k, if they are even
that much.

I could be wrong, and Apple could act crazy, but it is more probable that they
will act rationally, as Next did.

Robert


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