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From: andyn@pro-sol.cts.COM (Andy Nicholas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: re:IIgs case redesign
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Date: 29 Aug 88 05:54:57 GMT
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(are any of you fellows from apple keeping notes? :-)


> One marketing drawback I see to this internal hard disk idea is the addition
> of 4 inches to the case.  A big selling point to all computers (IBM or
> Apple) is a small footprint.  A wider footprint won't be intepreted as more
> robust, but as a dinosaur of a machine.

Actually, the small footprint idea only works down to a certain size.  Adding
4 inches to the width of the IIgs isn't going to make it as big as a Mac II,
now is it?  Is the Mac II, which is enormous by comparison, a dinosaur?  I
don't think so.  It's not like we're asking apple to make it 3-4 FEET wider..

>      Well then look at it this way.  Where else could they put it?  The IIgs
> is one of the smallest computers on the market.  Adding 4 inches to the new
> model won't effect anything becasue people won't be saying "Well **** it's
> too big for me" the'll be thinking "hey apple finally got sculley's head out
> of the *** and put in a hard drive".  People really don't care about the
> size of a computer much anymore... Look at how big the MAC II and PS/2 are,
> most people don't shop for computers by size.  If people did everyone would
> own a Timex Sinclair.

Amen.  Believe it or not, there are still some people around who think that
bigger is better. (and 4 inches of width on the IIgs isn't that much! :-)


Andy Nicholas

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