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From: md41@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Marcus  Dolengo)
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Subject: Re: not good news
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Date: 17 Oct 90 21:37:58 GMT
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In article <9010020@hpfcso.HP.COM> rrd@hpfcso.HP.COM (Ray Depew) writes:
>> Mac Classic
>
>Can you say "excess inventory"?  I knew you could.
>
>Don't be fooled.  Mac Classic isn't like Coke Classic.  Coke Classic was
>brought back by popular demand, after the Mfr. discontinued it and everyone
>clamored to have it back.  (Pepsi was all set to come out with a "Coke 
>Classic clone" -- well, read the book "The Other Guy Blinked:  How Pepsi
>Won The Cola Wars.")  

>Anyway:  The Mac Classic isn't much more than a dressed-up original Mac.
>(Which original Mac?  I don't remember.)  It had so many system limitations
>that nobody was sad to see it get replaced by all the later models.  It's
>obsolete and underpowered by today's standards, and isn't really worth the
>money, when $1500 (or even $1000!) will buy you so much more.
>
>Chances are that Apple is sitting on several million $$ of old inventory and
>needs a good way to get rid of it.  Do you remember when the Amiga was
>introduced, and there were stacks of C64's sitting in the center aisle of
>K-mart?
>
>Don't be fooled.  Your Amiga is still worth what you paid for it.
>
>Ray 
>rrd@hpfitst1.hp.com

would the mac classic be similar to the PS/1? underpowered and overpriced 
obsolete tech?

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