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From: gardner@prls.UUCP (Robert Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: More Mac prices
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Date: Fri, 6-Nov-87 12:07:03 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  6 12:07:03 1987
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In article <1987Nov4.101028.15426@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> tomwest@gpu.utcs.UUCP (Tom West) writes:
>
>  You should note that in a few years, you will *not* be buying an IBM system,
>but an IBM *clone*.  This is an extremely important distinction.  Anybody who
>has compared actual IBM equipment prices and Apple prices will realize that
>Apple is by no means out of line.  If you want an Mac for *clone* prices, fine.
                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It looks like the Mac world will never see a Mac clone. I find this
unfortunate because I,too, feel it is in Apple's best interests to try for
market penetration.

Since Apple seems to have given up on the low-end Mac market (or at least
refused to let it destroy the Apple II -- as if it weren't dead already),
I think it would be great if Apple were to license the ROMs to someone
like Atari (or at least parts of, or the older ROMs), and let them 
establish the Mac interface in the low-end market for them. You have to
admit that one of the big reasons for Apple's success with the Mac
has come through low-end purchasers who smuggled Macs to work or were
able to convince their bosses they needed a Mac.

Robert Gardner