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From: draphsor@elaine0.stanford.edu (Matt Rollefson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: LC Availability (was: Consortium pricing on new macs)
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Date: 20 Oct 90 01:30:35 GMT
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ostroff@Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff) writes:

>In article <draphsor.656222606@elaine0.stanford.edu> draphsor@elaine0.stanford.edu (Matt Rollefson) writes:

>>Macintosh LC Systems
>>
>>HD 40/2MB CPU		$1600 - listed 'approximate price'; available to
>>				order 11-15-90

>I just spoke with the person who manages the Mac sales at our college
>store.  She says that Apple has informed her the LC will not be
>available until MARCH 1991!  Now, admittedly, they do not inventory any
>Macs - they order them as needed.  Perhaps other stores already have
>orders in the pipeline and will take delivery sooner....

Note that that's available *to order*.  As in, they're not even taking
orders for the system yet.  The latest I've heard from Apple is that the
LC will begin to be available in quantity late January of 1991.  I saw a
presentation today where they said that they had not planned to announce
the LC on October 15'th - they were going to wait until January.
However, there had been so many leaks that they felt people would just
be confused if there wasn't a low cost color system announced at the
same time.

Oh, yeah.  They also told us that the 'si' of IIsi stood for "simply
irresistable".  I didn't really need to know that...  <mass groans from
the audience...>  :)

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