Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!topaz.rutgers.edu!lius From: lius@topaz.rutgers.edu ([Steve Liu]) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: More Macweek Rumors Summary: About the MacWeek Rumors Message-ID: Date: 25 Feb 90 22:10:03 GMT References: <90@ <15800087@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1990Feb25.202029.20854@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 23 It's been fairly obvious to me over the past few months that MacWeek is NOT the most objective of folks concerning the Apple //. In just about every editorial, and even in many articles, MacWeek tends to put down just about everything there is about the Apple //. It's no wonder that they jump at a rumor of the Apple // being discontinued. No doubt most people here have heard rumors from a new Apple IIGS to Apple branching off the Apple // division (ala "Claris") to Apple stopping the // altogether. It's fairly obvious that, given the lack of Apple // marketing since the introduction of the Mac, and given the fact that Apple is starting to push Mac towards K-12 markets, and given the fact that Apple is introducing new low-cost Macs, that Apple is trying to squeeze the life out of the // line. MacWeek, among others, place a large chunk of the blame for Apple's low profits to the Apple // before citing such obvious flaws as a laughable 90-day warranty, ridiculous pricing, and questionable support. If Apple decides to dump the two, they'll have washed themselves totally clean of the "two Steves in a garage" stigma, but they'll have also have transformed the company once and for all into the "Big Blue Big Brother" they were fighting against in a certain commercial in 1984...