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From: pff@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Pablo Fernicola)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: SE ->SEx and the world of Mac in general.
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Date: 29 May 89 17:15:45 GMT
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In response to the posting by thorin.cs.unc.edu:
>I was thinking of upgrading to a SEx also, but the prices are outrageous!
>I have in front of me the State Price List (student prices are a little bit
>higher).  The difference in price between a SE and a SEx is $1022.00.
>The upgrade price is 1939.00 (logic board) and 349.00 (disk drive), for a
>grand total of $2288.00.  I'm not sure if that includes installation.  If
>it doesn't, the total should go up to ~2500.00.

I don't think that Apple has noticed that the price of Unix workstations
is going down (and for that matter DOS machines) and that Unix software
is getting better (also read friendlier, with the introduction of the X
Windows standard).  I am not so sure now that buying a Mac IIcx or x 
will be such a good deal as soon as next year.
	Why not have a "Mac attack", lower the price of the Plus and basic SE
to the price of IBM clones, and lower the price of the IIs to a more 
reasonable level.
	You can price at whatever the market will bear, but when the market
dumps you, it becomes very hard to regain your market share (specially if what
you are offering is not unique anymore).

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Machine Intelligence Laboratory - University of Florida

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