Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!sk2f+ From: sk2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Seth D. Kadesh) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: A talk with an Apple person............ Message-ID: Date: 16 Nov 90 00:49:52 GMT Organization: Class of '92, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 40 Just wanted to share some stuff with everyone: Two days ago, we had a computer expo on campus. It was kind of dumb, but they were holding a raffle for some items, so I figured I'd go and just drop my name in the contest. So I get there, and I'm supposed to be at work in two minutes, so I figure I figure I can spend ten minutes or so browsing.... :-) I passed by a really crowded NeXT booth, and an equally crowded Dec booth.... And in the back was the Apple table. They had the three new computers (the IIsi, the classic, and the LC - in case you can't remember :-) The LC was a beta machine. It looked really cool, and I was hoping to get a chance to play with the //e card, BUT they didn't have the card. Major Disappointment. I did talk to the guy (he was quite friendly). Let's see....among other things, he claimed that the //e card for the LC was a real //e, as opposed to the hacked (my word - I can't recall what he said) //e EMULATION on the GS. I didn't know the GS EMULATES a //e..... I asked him what the future was for the GS, what with the LC being priced similarly. He said as long as there's demand, they will continue to make them - there is no demand for the //c+, so it was discontinued. //e's make up most of the demand. Talking about the //e card for the LC, he said that they (I forget - marketing? engineers?) wanted the card to have GS capabilities too, but they decided not to when a survey found only %5 of the GS users use GS specific software!!!! I find that extremely hard to believe - %95 of the GS owners only use //e software ?!?!?!? He also made some comments about their having to wait for word to come down from Sculley as to the future of the computer line. I made some comments about pricing strategies, and how demand might suddenly drop (for the GS) if the LC is placed as it seems it is.....He basically agreed with me. I'd say more, but my brain is fried from lack of sleep, and the tv beckons - the Simpsons! -seth --- - tHe mAd ScienTisT, and other carnations sk2f@andrew.cmu.edu R746SK2F@CMCCVB