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From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: AppleSupport(wasre:ughh and the GS
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Date: 11 Mar 89 19:48:15 GMT
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>Jeff seems tired of supporting a machine that its manufacturer's do not
>support. If it did, it would not leak out to MacWeek that a under $1000 Mac
>is projected for the K-12 market in 1990 (January issue, front page) and call
>the machine dead architecture.

The story in MacWeek caused a stir, but should be taken with a grain of
salt; especially since Apple's most senior management has gone to the trouble
of denying it.

From the March Vaporware column:

No Low-Cost Mac (from Apple).
Apple CEO John Sculley told stockholders last month that the
firm has opened a second design center to focus on designing
machines for the low end of the market, however a Mac with a
price tag below $1,000 will not be offered this year.
Products Division president Jean-Louis Gassee also is quoted
as saying the company doesn't plan to offer a low-cost Mac
configuration anytime in the next two or three years.
- InfoWorld 30 January and PC Week 6 February

/s Murph

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      it came fully loaded.
      It was guaranteed for 90 days,
      but in 30 was outmoded!
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