Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!mvk From: mvk@pawl.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Building a NEW computer Message-ID: <`9D^P=_@rpi.edu> Date: 12 Dec 90 02:06:28 GMT References: <9012090428.AA16099@apple.com> <10426@ucrmath.ucr.edu> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Lines: 18 Nntp-Posting-Host: pawl20.pawl.rpi.edu In article <10426@ucrmath.ucr.edu> rhyde@ucrmath.ucr.edu (randy hyde) writes: >I now have read two replies which claim apple has sold over 1 million >Apple //gs systems. I have never seen this in print. Could someone >give me a reference to support this figure? I would like to believe I really don't have the answer you're looking for, but maybe I can be of some help. Early in 1989, while waiting for someone at the library, I picked up an IBM magazine for a quick look. In it, they published their top ten selling machines for 1988. Number 1 was the IBM PS/2 model something selling 350,000 machines. Number 2 was the Apple IIGS selling 340,000 machines. That was for calendar year 1988. Perhaps someone can look up the numbers for 1986, 1987, 1989, and 1990. I'd be very VERY surprised if they didn't add up to 660,000 machines. The GS was a pretty hot item until a little over a year ago. Michael Kent mvk@pawl.rpi.edu