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From: gwangung@milton.u.washington.edu (Roger Tang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Consortium pricing on new macs
Message-ID: <9088@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 12 Oct 90 14:48:45 GMT
References: <3486@mindlink.UUCP>
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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In article <3486@mindlink.UUCP> a1104@mindlink.UUCP (Linda Richards) writes:
>They don't need THAT much margin on the prices of the machine itself. Witness
>the current blow-out of Mac+'s for around $650. There is virtually no margin
>there. The profit comes in the sale of all the neato software and periphereals
>you need to make the beast happen. How many people just go out and buy a Mac?

	Ahhh......you're forgetting that the blowouts are just that; they're
getting rid of the line.

	And most people getting modular Macs simply do that; they go out and
buy a mac without software (which Apple doesn't get a part of, remember?).

	And the margin applies both to the hardware AND the software.....