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From: marmoset@mondo.engin.umich.edu (Dave Walker)
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Subject: Classic Sales Figures (was: Re: Some questions to APPLE)
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Date: 15 Nov 90 18:49:09 GMT
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>Apple is operating under no such constraints. Sure, they're not going to
>take over the PC market any time soon, but they sell an awful lot of Macs
>and Laserwriters, and will probably sell many many Classics. (Does anyone
>have any sales numbers?) They (and NeXT) are in business to make as much
>

If PC Week magazine is to be believed, analysts are predicting that Apple
will sell between 150,000 and 200,000 Classics by the end of 1990.  
Dealers are placing orders faster than they can be filled.

>David McKenzie
>mckenzie@portia.stanford.edu

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