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In article <7718@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> chow@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow) writes:

> In article <Apr.11.01.01.35.1989.22877@topaz.rutgers.edu> witting@topaz.rutgers.edu (Paul K Willing) writes:
> .
> .THE IDEA:  Take a Mac IIcx box, pull out the 68030, the MMU, the math
> .co-processor, and any other expensive bits that aren't required.  Drop
> .in the standard 6800 and a regular Floppy drive.  Actually, Apple may
> .
> .THE RESULT:  A low cost (chuckle, ok, less expensive) expandable Mac.
> .Idealy this sucker would sell for about what an SE does (maybe a
> .little less and put it head to head with the SE).  It would lower the
> .entry level for color/greyscale Mac's, increase the market size for
> .Mac II series expansion cards, and maybe help lower Mac IIcx
> 
> Won't work...Color QuickDraw requires instructions which the 68000 
> dosen't have.  Anyway, the expense of any Mac II series of computer is based
> more on its value than its production costs.  (This also applies to the
> "compact" Mac line:  The SE is less expensive to produce than the Plus)
> 
> Christopher Chow

Ive wondered about the logic behind continuing the mac plus
production.  Keeping an anachronistic modter in the product line that
had little in common with the rest. (different keyboard, mouse, case,
at least!)  I sorta hoped it was an attempt to remove old stock (Guys,
we got .5 million of the stupid cases/mice that nobody in their right
mind would want!)  I would rather see them take marginal profit than
try to write the stuff off.  But to continue to produce it when it has
reached the end of its productive life is silly.  

Why not eliminate the plus, lower the price on the Se, and lure
thousands of IBM clone buyers to the Mac camp?

As for the IIv, if the mac archetecture made support of color
difficult, then they could still sell a cheap video card that could
drive a standard B&W monitor.  give people a choice of displays, etc.
Apple probably fears doing so because the might loose the exclusive on
mac monitors, but I think the lost market would be minimal.  Just
think how much nice a 12"-14" screen would be than that tiny little
thing you have now.  Or Publishers could get a page displays w/o
wasting money on the silly little nine incher.  You could reduce the
clutter on your desk using the IIv's remote abilities.

I could go on, but I don't want to bore you...   

paul
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