Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu!agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu!GAYNOR From: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: Impact of notebooks on low end? Message-ID: <1991Jun24.135247.17678@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu (Usenet news) Nntp-Posting-Host: agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Organization: Ohio Cooperative Extension Service References: Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 13:52:47 GMT In article , norton@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Norton Chia) writes: >With the upcoming Apple notebooks, I think it may steal sales from Apple's >low end offerings like the Classic and LC. Opinions? Nice opinions. You may wish to check this week's MacWEEK (I got on CI$ and read the stories early on ZMAC). They speak of how Apple Marketing is concerned about the exact same thing, and that many people think that the new notebooks will steal thunder from the low-end Macs. Heck, a "Classic Portable" weighing in at 5.4 lbs with a 8.5x11x1.5" form factor for under $2000 retail just might do it, too... --- Jim Gaynor - AgVAX System Manager - Academic Computing - Ohio State University VMS: UNIX: Disclaimer : All opinions expressed here are mine and only mine. So there! Witty Quote: "Shoot him now! Shoot him now!" - Daffy Duck, "Rabbit Seasonings"