Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!shuksan!tahoma!prl3546 From: prl3546@tahoma.UUCP (Philip R. Lindberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Why not buy a Mac? Message-ID: <356@tahoma.UUCP> Date: 28 Mar 89 20:45:06 GMT References: <8903240141.aa08668@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Organization: The Boeing Co., BCA FSL, Seattle, WA Lines: 31 From article <8903240141.aa08668@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>, by SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall): >>where will that leave SE owners in a few years? or will that become a >>dead machine as the Mac II line progresses? > > Apple has already announced an upgrade for the SE to the SE-030 (due this > Spring - still vaporware as far as I know - the price quoted in InfoWorld > was $1,000 A friend of mine bought a SE/30 (on the the drawing board it was know as the MAC SEx (really!) ) so it's not vaporware, but it's costs lot more than $1,000. > > Apple appears strategically committed to the SE and Mac II as distinct > but compatible products for at least the next 3-5 years. Would that > plans for the II line were so clear... One shouldn't make assumptions for one product line based on another. However, it would be nice to know a little more about the future.... > > /s Murph > aka +---------------------------------------------------------+ | The Apple //'s will live forever!! | | Phil Lindberg snail mail: 13845 S.E. 131 ST | | INET: prl3546@tahoma.UUCP Renton, WA 98056 | | UUCP: ..!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!shuksan!tahoma!prl3546 | | Disclaimer: I don't speak for my employer (and I not | | sure they even know I exist....) | +---------------------------------------------------------+