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From: t-jacobs@wasatch.UUCP (Tony Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: New Mac Rumours
Message-ID: <1163@wasatch.UUCP>
Date: 21 Feb 89 19:36:33 GMT
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Reply-To: t-jacobs@wasatch.utah.edu.UUCP (Tony Jacobs)
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In article <70405@ti-csl.csc.ti.com> holland@m2.UUCP (Fred Hollander) writes:

>I've also read in MacWeek that it will be priced between the II and
>the IIx.  That's an awful lot of extras to still be priced below the
>IIx - you're only giving up 3 slots.
>

The February 7th article says "The IIcx is expected to be priced closer to the
SE/30 than the Mac IIx."

And the February 14th article says "...it is expected to carry a street price
of about $4500 in its basic configuration, compared with about $4000 for the
stripped-down Mac SE/30."

From Apples price list (suggested Retail):

Macintosh SE/30 w/Apple keyboard        $4498
Macintosh II    w/Apple keyboard        $4998  - no monitor mind you
Macintosh IIx   w/Apple keyboard        $7098  - again on monitor


I guess being priced closer to the SE/30 only means just < (7098+4498)/2 = 5798
so if it were the same price as the Mac II it would be $800 closer to the SE/30


I personally think the IIcx is going to be way more popular than Apple expects.
It wouldn't supprise me if fewer than 5 or 10% of Mac II owners use more than
1 slot.  I believe there sales of the II & IIx will go way down and that the
IIcx will also put a dent in their SE/30 sales too.  That will probally vary
depending on how close the price is to the SE/30.


I've been waiting for the 3-slot to come out for over a year now. The main
reasons I'm getting one is to use whatever monitor I want, small footprint,
/030 processor.

-- 
Tony Jacobs * Center for Engineering Design * U of U * t-jacobs@ced.utah.edu