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From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: A Classic Dead End?
Keywords: Classic,System 7.0
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Date: 21 May 91 23:05:25 GMT
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awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) writes:
>If Apple really had a problem with low demand, it could easily flash a bunch of
>ads comparing the LC and a 386SX/VGA clone setup head to head.  At this point,

  Hmmm.  That's basically exactly the ad that's been running in the
SJ Mercury for the past week or so.  Comparing a Mac LC to
a 386SX/VGA...
  My guess is that Apple has indeed had lower than expected demand
for the LC - I think every business would rather go with the
IIsi than the LC (because of the 68030 vs 68020).

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Murphy's Law of Intelism:  Just when you thought Intel had done everything
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