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From: rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: More fuel for yer fire!
Message-ID: <1991Mar14.065114.9736@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 91 06:51:14 GMT
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Here's a press release of Apple's so-called 'slashing price cuts' to
their Mac II line.


--included text follows--
TITLE:  Apple Cuts Macintosh Prices

Apple Computer has lowered the US prices of its mid-range and
high-end Macintosh personal computers by up to 31%. Apple lowered
prices on all models of the Mac IIfx, IIci, and SE/30, effective
immediately. Such price cuts sometime signal that new models are
coming closer to the end of the pipeline. Apple observers expect
the company to announce new systems by the summer, including 040-
based models.



                          Previous     New
                           SRP         SRP       $ Change
----------------------------------------------------------

Mac IIfx (4MB/floppy)      $8969      $7369      - $1600
Mac IIfx (4MB/80-MB HD)    $9869      $8069      - $1800
Mac IIfx (4MB/160-MB HD)   $10,969    $8669      - $2300

Mac IIci (5MB/floppy)      $5969      $5269       - $700
Mac IIci (5MB/80-MB HD)    $6669      $5969       - $700

Mac SE/30 (1MB/40-MB HD)   $4369      $3369      - $1000
Mac SE/30 (4MB/80-MB HD)   $5569      $3869      - $1700


Apple made several other announcements yesterday, including that
it has changed the base memory of the Mac IIci from 4 to 5
megabytes of RAM and the Mac IIsi from 2 to 3 MB of RAM. The
company also announced the pricing and immediate availability of
A/UX 2.0.1, its latest version of the UNIX operating  system,
which now supports the Mac IIsi. A/UX 2.0.1 on CD-ROM is $795; on
floppy disks, $995. An update disc for 1.x users is $275.
---end of included text---

Anyone who feels these prices should have been lowered ALOT more
please raise yer hand? WHoah...It's a wave.


Come on Apple, $3869 bucks for a SE? $7369 for a floppy based IIfx?
Sheesh.

Consider this evidence.. Apple, you've been caught in the act of
overpricing, and now your trying to cover it up, but your cover
was enough. Your prices are still too high.