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In article <6295@ut-emx.UUCP> osmigo@emx.UUCP (Ron Morgan) writes:
>[mucho discussion about Apple leaving behind "the rest of us."]
>
>Meanwhile, I meet people putting together umpteen-MHz PC clones with 
>40meg hard disks for a thousand dollars or so, and I wonder who the REAL
>suckers are in this business. When I think of the PC setup I could have 
>put together for the cost of this SE/hard disk outfit...gawd, it takes my
>breath away.....
>
A more appropriate question here would be: what can you do with a PC clone
and what can you do with a Mac; and what are the relative degrees of
flexibility and ease of use and power?

There are many within Apple that lament the price increases.  
The topic of price increases has been beaten to death on the net.
There are many reasons that Apple has raised prices.  The decline of 
the dollar, expiration of long term contracts for components have 
all contributed.  Prices will fall when global market conditions
allow them to.  Market forces will see to that.

There are many dedicated people at Apple committed to making the best
darn personal computers in the world.  I think that Apple does a pretty good
job.  People are willing to pay a premium for the best.  If you want a
Hyuandai Excel over a BMW, go ahead.  But BMW's still sell very very well.
And for very distinct reasons.  Both will get you from point A to point B.
One just does it in a more comfortable, more stylish, more whatever manner.

Among the people I have the honor to work with at Apple, we are still
totally dedicated to changing the world - one person at a time.  

There may be times when Apple may seem drift from the ideals of putting 
personal computers infused with the Apple philosophy into the hands of
ordinary and extraordinary people - for the "rest" of us.

But these ideals form a basic core of the Apple corporate culture.  
If Apple were to turn into yet another boring business-only 
computer company, there would be a lot of people looking for a place to work
that captures the original Apple ideals.  There are a lot of people within 
and without Apple working very hard to make sure that these ideals are not
compromised.

Sometimes I wish I could only show you what we are working towards, what our
dreams are.  

If you would like to comment on this, please respond via e-mail so that
this newsgroup can resume its regularly scheduled programming.... :-)

Of course, I speak for myself and not for Apple Computer, Inc.  I have
no connections with Hyuandai or BMW.  This is not a product endorsement.
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