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Subject: Re: mathematics of support pricing
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Date: Sun, 20-Apr-86 16:19:45 EST
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> No one knows anything if there is/will be a new version of MacWorks that will
> correct the problem or if there will be an HFS-compatible MacWorks 

Based on the info I've seen on Compuserve, MacWorks won't be upgraded to
support the new Roms or HFS.

> 	I still say: look at the Mac product line: it's only a little more 
> than 2 years old, and Apple has already gone through the Lisa, the Mac 128
> and the Mac 512 (offering upgrade paths for each).

I think the reports of the death of the 512K are significantly
overexaggerated -- it is alive and well and a strong page of Apple's sales
philosophy. The Lisa was, frankly, a price/performance lemon. The 128K was
an example of Steve Job's misguided attempt to force reality into the mold
he saw for it. There simply never should have been a 128K Mac.

Apple has made a couple of mistakes (the Lisa price, the Apple III, and the
128K Mac). More importantly, Apple keeps looking for ways out of their
mistakes with a minimum of pain for their customers -- they COULD have just
left the Lisa people out to dry, for example -- many computer companies
would have (I haven't seen IBM offering to trade in PCJr for a real computer
recently...). They also seem to be learning from their mistakes, and aren't
repeating them. A year ago, 256K of memory cost a grand, remember?

Apple isn't perfect, but they could be a LOT worse. A company that size
can't please everyone, but they are trying to do what they can for who they
can. 

chuq
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