Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!tekig5!tekig4!clarkm
From: clarkm@tekig4.TEK.COM (Clark Morgan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Price Increases Vs Competition
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Date: 14 Sep 88 15:48:33 GMT
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I certainly understand how upset people are by the recent price
increases.  I had been considering purchasing a MAC II for quite some
time, but I kept waiting for the price to drop.  Oh well :-)

I'll probably eventually wind up buying an 80386 knock off because
(Apple, listen to this) I can afford it.  Mind you, I can't stand
MS-DOS, but I'd rather not be in debt for 4-5 years just to own a Mac II.

Finally, let's not lose sight of why Mac prices are so high:  there
is no Mac clone market.  If your product has no competition and is
popular, you can charge whatever the market will bear.

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These are my opinions, not my employer's.
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Clark Morgan, Tektronix Lab Instruments Engineering  (503) 627-3545
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