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From: rrd@hpfcso.HP.COM (Ray Depew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: New Apple Mac rumored...
Message-ID: <7340003@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 12 Oct 90 15:52:13 GMT
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[discussion on the Mac Classic at $1500 vs. ST, STe, Mega, etc.]

Well, I wouldn't want to bet on the success of an "ST Classic".  Maybe
Atari would sell them as bundled systems for $299 at Wal-mart or Costco.

Most serious computer buyers will see the Mac Classic for what it is:
it's the rest of Atari's old inventory, packaged in new cases (maybe?)
and spruced up a little.  They're just trying to clean out the warehouse.
(It's definitely not "back by popular demand", a` la Coke Classic.  Most
Mac users would like to see all the old macs sent to sanitary landfill.
Compared with the current Mac, the originals were real bow-wows.)

PLEASE!  No Mac-vs-ST wars!  This is a marketing issue, not a technical
issue, and we all know about the success :-( of Atari's marketing dept.


Regards
Ray Depew
HP Colorado IC Division 
rrd@hpfitst1.hp.com