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From: Charlie.Mingo@p4218.f421.n109.z1.FidoNet.Org (Charlie Mingo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: A Classic Dead End?
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Date: 22 May 91 22:16:37 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, Apple is having a hard time meeting market demand, and that isn't 
> the time to drop your prices.

    Funny you should say that.  Apple has been running full-page ads in the Wall
Street Journal on how an LC "eats" a 386SX "for lunch" when running as a file
server.  (Apparantly, it's about 50% faster at about the same price.)

    I think Apple has already "dropped it prices" just by introducing the LC.
A bare LC CPU (w/ 2 Mb) sells for $1499 at Computer Era in NYC.  A bare Classic
(w/ 1 Mb) is $799.  The $800 price difference is what you pay for (i) a 16 Mhz 68020 vs. an 8 MHz 68000, and (ii) color vs. b/w.  I think it's worth it.


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