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From: rblewitt@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (Richard Blewitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: The New Macs: Greedy Compromises?
Message-ID: <14568@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>
Date: 29 Nov 90 23:40:59 GMT
References: <1990Nov29.005944.17800@scrumpy@.bnr.ca>
Organization: University of California, San Diego
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In article <1990Nov29.005944.17800@scrumpy@.bnr.ca> eric@bnrmtl.bnr.ca writes:
>I am puzzled.  I have seen the new Macs, and I appreciate the price cuts.
>But it seems that every one of the three machines has something awkward.
>It seems like Apple has been making strange decisions, and I can't
>understand them.  Can somebody shed light?

This is the way Apple has always done business.  Do you remember the
firsts Macs?  Apple was shocked when a third party added a hard
drive to it.  Why?  Because the Mac was not supposed to have a hard
drive, because that would make it compete with the Lisa.

>Take the Classic.  Why does it still have the old 8MHz 68000?  Wasn't it

Take the Classic ... Please :)  You wanted an inexpensive Mac, so
Apple came out with a cheap one.

>And then the LC.  Why in heaven does it have a 68020?  Is a 68030 that

The point of the LC is to kill the Apple II line.  Perhaps they
should have named it the Mac //e.

>Finally, the IIsi.  Why does it have a 20MHz 68030, and not a 25MHz one?
>Is it only so that it does not cannibalize the IIci, or is there a real

yes

>difference in cost?  How much?  And why that strange new slot?

New slot == New way to suck money from users.

>It's been almost three months now, and I'm still waiting.  Until I get those
>answers, I will fight that nasty thought crawling to my mind that Apple has
>been either greedy, lazy, or incompetent.  You see, before I can convince

Why fight it?  It's the truth.

>myself, or anyone else, to spend big money on those computers, I need to
>reasonably understand why they are so awkward.  Or why they're not.


Apple has never been known for a good price/preformance ratio and
they never will.  I can't wait for the 040's to be out in mass.
People will go to Apple asking for a good upgrade path, and they
will be told:  "There is a very easy upgrade path, sell your old Mac
and buy a new one"

                                           Rick