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From: billkatt@sol.engin.umich.edu (billkatt)
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Subject: Re: Macintosh Clone for $1000!
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Date: 21 Mar 89 18:30:00 GMT
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In article <530@umiami.miami.edu> gtww2z9z@umiami.miami.edu (Jason Gross) writes:
>I just read the latest copy of MacWorld and in it was a chilling tale.
>In Steven Levy's column, he describes a series of events that lead to a 
>clandestine meeting with Microsoft chief Bill Gates.  In that hotel room,
>Gates reveals to Levy a startling product: A '030 Mac clone that's twice as fast
>as the IIx, comes with color, a 60MB hard drive, a 2400bps modem, fax,
>Works and Word 4.0 in ROM, 4 MB RAM, monitor, keyboard, and mouse all for,
>now get this, one thousand dollars.
>
>Guess who makes this wonder machine?  None other than Big Blue itself.
>
>In addition, this Mac clone is supposed to be shipping April 1.  If this
>is a true story (and the article sounded real serious), then Apple is going
>to have come up with extremely good reasons why their prices are as high as
>they have been.  No one, present company included, will buy even a IIcx at
>$5400 if they can get that and more for a mere $1000.
>
>Comments, unsubstantited rumors, mindless ramblings welcome
>
>Apple, are you *finally* listening!
>
There is one born every minute -W.C. Fields.
MacWorld has gotten a lot of flak about that.  They are going to print a
retraction, if they haven't already.  It was an April Fool's Joke.

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