Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!apple!blob
From: blob@Apple.COM (Brian Bechtel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: New Macintoshes and Apple's Satellite Announcment
Message-ID: <45682@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 16 Oct 90 14:11:38 GMT
References: <1990Oct16.063654.2744@isis.cs.du.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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kreme@isis.cs.du.edu (Fred Zeats IV) writes:
>Well, I went down and watched Apple roll out its three new machines this
>morning.  The SAT-Link was a little fuzzy, and there was a horrid squelch
>noise that appeared and disappeared throughout.

Must have been at your location.  We downlinked it here and got good
sound (but occasional fuzzies.)

>Mac LC: Available January 91.  This machine is designed for one purpose and
>	one purpose only.  Kill the Apple ][ line.  It is being targeted at
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yeah, right.  :-)
>	schools (It can emulate an apple //e) and small businesses.  It has
>	limited expandability and will cost about $3,000 (with monitor and
>	keyboard and 40 Meg drive).  I hope it falls on its face.  The Apple
>	//e emulation card is rumored to cost about $1000 extra.

Suggested retail price on the IIe emulation board is $199.  Available
March 1991, according to the announcement.  Mac LC's suggested retail
price is $2499, (2Mb/40Mb hard disk) with the 12" color monitor being
$599 extra.  (12" monochrome is $299, although that defeats the idea of
a low cost color Mac.)  I'd expect substantial discounts for
educational institutions.

--Brian Bechtel                               blob@apple.com
  "It's no crime to be a blob!"  -- Morna J. Findlay, rec.sport.soccer