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From: cwpjr@cbnewse.att.com (clyde.w.jr.phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: not good news
Summary: MAC CLASSIC vs PS2 vs ....
Message-ID: <1990Oct16.143000.4331@cbnewse.att.com>
Date: 16 Oct 90 14:30:00 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

I agree! This is all repackaging & marketing hype. Wish we could advertize
as well as IBM/APPLE. 

> 
> 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.

And just like PCjr too many will buy these things and abandon them...

Too bad they don't cost c-64 prices. The mac classic will be the worst,
It probably will dog the expensive programs what with max expandability
of 4mb and no better than a 68k & OS 6.02... Even Hypercrap will kill it!