Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!ohstpy!miavx1!rlcollins From: rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Mac Lc vs IIgs A+ Message-ID: <3646.27a85fd6@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Date: 31 Jan 91 23:20:06 GMT References: <0XRkw1w162w@ruth.UUCP> Lines: 64 In article <0XRkw1w162w@ruth.UUCP>, bullfrog@ruth.UUCP (Curtis Blevins) writes: > I recently read an article in the Dec issue of A+, which reviewed the new > Mac LC. One of the points they made was the cost of an LC is $500.00 cheaper > than of an Apple IIgs. They showed a chart to illustrate there point. > > Here is their chart. [Chart deleted] > Total $3576 $4091 > > Here is my chart [Chart Deleted] > Total $3576 $3549 > > As you see my chart shows that they are priced the same and the gs has lots > of extra goodies that you don't really need to run it. If you eliminate the > accelerator,sound card,extra meg of memory you drop the price of the GS to > $3013 which is around $500 cheaper than the LC and still runs GS, II and > maybe in the future Mac software. Anyway it is pretty silly to compair a mac > to a gs. Would you compair a gs to a 386? The buyer has to decide what are > the features he is looking for then look at the price. Unfortunately Apples > pricing structure is set up so that the macs have a lower markup than the II > line. This is odd as the cost development of the IIs has long since been > regained. For all the lip wagging that apple has done lately about how they > still support the IIs out there, I have still not seen any evidence of > economic support in the form of lower prices. Gee I thought that "obsolete > technology" was allways cheaper. $3500 for a 7MHz IIgs with 2 megs of ram and a 60 meg hard drive!!!!! No wonder why schools can't afford to put more computers in them!! The Apple II was outdated in '82, and the IIgs was outdated in '88. Here, I've got another chart for you: Atari STe Item Price ---------------------------------------- cpu 68000 $600 Ram 1 Meg N/C Extra 3 Megs $200 Color Monitor $300 Hard Drive 50 meg $550 ----------------------------------------- $1650 It can't run II or IIgs software, but for $350 more it can run Mac software. The point is, the only thing thats kept Apple as popular as it is is its educational market, and it is losing it to cheap PC clones that educators see as the future in computers. And at $3500 for a Mac or a IIgs, those PC clones are looking even more attractive. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryan 'Gozar' Collins rlcollins@miavx1.BITNET ("UUdecode and Type with vt100 emulation") begin 666 SIG.VT M("`@?"!\?"!\("`@?"!\?"!\("`O("!\?"`@7"\@("`@?'P@("`@7!M;-4$;a M6S9`&ULV0!M;-D`;6S9`&ULU01M;-D`;6S9`&ULV0!M;-D`;6S5!&ULV0!M;a M-D`;6S9`&ULV0!M;-4$;6S9`&ULV0!M;-D`;6S9`&ULU01M;-D`;6S9`&ULVa M0!M;-D`;6S5!"2`@(%!O=V5R(%=I=&AO=70)("`@("`@5&AE(%!R:6-E(0D@a /071A