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From: ericmcg@pnet91.cts.com (Eric Mcgillicuddy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Egghead Drops Apple II
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Date: 17 May 91 01:30:02 GMT
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The April issue of Compute! had an article about the low cost Macs. The
president of Spinnaker claimed that "educators were scrambling to cancel
orders for the Apple IIGS and get the Mac LC instead". Of course he was
biased, but I'm sure he heard it somewhere, the question is does anyone KNOW
the truth of this?

I think that considering the price differential, most teachers would go this
route judging by the slavering some of them were doing two years ago at Apple
Expo. At that time, only the high price of a decent system kept them from
changing (and no Apple II compatibility of course).

I doubt tha tApple has cancelled the II line just yet, however the GS is
produced in an automated factory that is being retooled for the LC (and I
assume the Classic and si), so as demand for the LC increases, factory time
for the GS will likely be cut back reducing supplies and this might be what
they are referring to. Or not.

I don't know any more that anybody else, but certainly wish I had some hard
figures of Apple II sales in 1990 and software sales broken down by system and
type. Any takers?

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