Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!LSUVM.BITNET!$CSD211 From: $CSD211@LSUVM.BITNET (Mark Orr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Duet...WHY NOT?! Message-ID: <9012170122.AA25261@apple.com> Date: 15 Dec 90 13:41:25 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 26 |From: Abel Vargas | | When is Apple going to kill the //e, //c, and //c+, and cut the price of the |GS in half? That's pretty much what they're going to have to do, as an LC |system costs several hundred dollars less than a GS system. WHo the hell wants |a GS when they can have a Mac? (The other question is: who the hell wants a Ma |when they can get a '486 for the same price, but that's another story)... It seems crazy to offer a computer system that you don't want people to buy. But that is exactly what Apple is doing. Apple dosen't want people to buy GSs. They want you to buy Macs. Then why keep the Apple II around? Rest assured, they're not thinking of you. They're going to keep producing the //e and IIgs for a little while to keep education customers happy. But as Mac Classic/ Mac LC sales pick up, down comes the guillotine on the Apple II line. Apple has already killed the //c+ (they killed the //c quite some time back). Apple is just looking for a reason to kill the Apple II series. Who wants a Mac, when you can get a superior PC at the same price? Beats me. ---------------------------------- | MARK A. ORR | | $CSD211 @ LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU | | @ LSUVM.BITNET | ----------------------------------