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From: mha@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple Gets Greedier (Read it and Weep!)
Keywords: Apple, Mac, Prices, Rip-off, Calm down!
Message-ID: <6318@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 15 Sep 88 04:49:00 GMT
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Reply-To: mha@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder)
Organization: Department of Media Services, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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Looks to me like Apple is doing its best to limit the effects of their
price increases.  Lots of people have commented that they're raising prices
on products that don't depend on the memory that's so short on supply.  My
guess is they're doing an accross-the-board raise so the effects on any
one product or group of products aren't too severe.  Sure, monitors aren't
costing Apple as much more to produce as the increase in list price, but 
it's probably better to up the monitor prices a little than to put the whole
cost increase on one product area.

Also, the fact that they raised the price on the Mac II so much and left
the price of the Plus alone MAY indicate that Apple really does care about
the personal user.  Face it, most purchasers of Mac II systems are corporate
users at this point.  Most purchasers of Mac Plus systems are personal
users.  Apple may be risking a lot of business by raising the price of their
high-end machine so much, but it seems like they're doing it with the users'
interests in mind.  And if not, at least we can accept the fact that it
won't be any more expensive to buy a Plus now than it was before, and just
be happy with that.

Besides, I've already got my Mac II  :-)

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