Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!pyramid!prls!gardner From: gardner@prls.UUCP (Robert Gardner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: More Mac prices Message-ID: <7084@prls.UUCP> Date: Fri, 30-Oct-87 16:22:48 EST Article-I.D.: prls.7084 Posted: Fri Oct 30 16:22:48 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 4-Nov-87 23:09:27 EST References: <460@aucs.UUCP> <57900011@sfu_cmpt> <1275@csib.csi.UUCP> Reply-To: gardner@prls.UUCP (Robert Gardner) Organization: Philips Research Labs, Sunnyvale, California Lines: 14 In article <1275@csib.csi.UUCP> jwhitnel@csib.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell) writes: >Apple may loose some cusotmers in the low end of the market, but it is >in very good shape to compete at the high end. I'm putting my money on Apple. > Oh, well, so much for "the rest of us". I've always felt that the real potential of the Mac was in "bringing computing to the masses" (a strange phrase). But if the masses can't afford it... Any guesses on which machine (with enough power to be interesting -- this eliminates the entire Apple II series) will be or is dominant in the home market? Will Apple ever admit the death of the Apple II and release a Mac priced for the home/education market? Robert Gardner