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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Price Increases Vs Competition
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Date: 16 Sep 88 21:12:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Sep 16 16:12:00 1988



>What then will explain why the price of IBM PC-ATs and, similarly, the
>newly announced non-microchannel PS2 Model 30 is so high?  There is surely
>an abundance of alternatives in this market, yet IBM's prices are still
>right up there among the highest around -- including Apple's prices.
>Maybe it just has something to do with the fact that corporate MIS departments
>will pay more for the logo because they know it will be around for a
>while, whereas CloneOfTheDay might not exist past the weekend.  

Ah, but IBM's real prices, the ones the customers they WANT have to
pay, are only maybe 60% of the published price. I'm not so
sure, but doesn't Apple do the same?