Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!ba0k+ From: ba0k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Brian Patrick Arnold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Jean-Louis Gasee on the outs? Message-ID: Date: 14 Feb 90 18:13:39 GMT References: <947@mtk.UUCP> Distribution: usa Organization: Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: <947@mtk.UUCP> >Can we expect this new direction to be in pricing? On Feb 1, vaguely before anybody outside Apple knew JLG was leaving, Mac Plus, SE and SE/30 prices were lowered. They didn't lower prices on their high end Macs, but their high end is doing well at the outrageous prices Apple is charging, so ah...you know it all boils down to those funny looking supply and demand curves I learned in Micro. Heck if I knew people are willing to spend $6K on a portable, I'd charge $6K. Two key signals to whether change is in store after JLG's departure will be whether buyers see announcements on both a longer warranty and a new-generation low-cost Mac. In the immediate future. - Brian