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From: dplatt@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Dave Platt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: 512e discontinued?
Message-ID: <15044@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 27-Jul-87 18:15:13 EDT
Article-I.D.: teknowle.15044
Posted: Mon Jul 27 18:15:13 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 2-Aug-87 22:06:25 EDT
Organization: Teknowledge, Inc., Palo Alto CA
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There was a short article in the "Computing" section of the San Jose
Mercury News this weekend.  In it, the author cited a recent article
in InfoWeek, in which InfoWeek heard and then confirmed (with Apple)
that Apple has quietly discontinued the Macintosh 512e.  The Mercury
News article didn't go into the details of the discontinuation;  my
impression was the Apple has ceased production of this model and that
the machine will not be available once whatever supplies are in
dealers' inventories and the supply pipeline have been exhausted.

The reason for the discontinuation was said to be low demand;
apparently the Plus has been a much more popular machine than the 512e
during the year-and-a-bit that both machines have been available.

This discontinuation, if true, leaves the Macintosh Plus as the "entry
level" system in the Macintosh family.