Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!dptg!mtuni!psu From: psu@mtuni.ATT.COM (Paul Siu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: More Macweek Rumors Message-ID: <2863@mtuni.ATT.COM> Date: 9 Mar 90 16:42:44 GMT References: <1990Mar9.012908.23319@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> <1990Mar9.102100.3215@agate.berkeley.edu> Reply-To: psu@mtuni.ATT.COM (Paul Siu) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Middletown, NJ, USA Lines: 13 Apple is a big corporation, and it's likely to have a case of doublespeak. On one hand, Apple is actively pushing to push the Mac in place of the Apple II, and on the other hand, the Apple II base is large enough that they don't want to lost it. I suspect a sense of confusion here on what to do. Yes, I like a low cost Mac, since I am a Mac owner myself, but I question Apple's ability to do so. Who wants a black and white machine for under $1000 when you already have PC, ST, and Amiga with color for the same price? If they add color to the Mac, then it would threaten the pricing of their higher machines. This problem is also the same when it comes to the Apple IIGS. What should Apple do? I don't know. May be some sort of bridge product between the two lines.