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Article #7916Re: Affordable Macs?
From: M.C. Stafford
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1989 17:11
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1989 17:11
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> Marty Connor, Marty's Computer Workshop writes... > I hope we can get some discussion going on what is essential to > people in a CheapMac, and how it could be positioned for maximum > effect. I've been writing software for car-dealers for several years now, software which comes "bundled" with hardware -- PC clone hardware, to be precise. We would JUMP at the chance to start bundling Macs with our software and selling whole packages, but the current pricing scheme makes this impossible. If we could get a mac/monitor/20-meg hard-drive combo for around $1K or so (and remember, we could do some bulk-buying to trim prices a bit) we'd be ready to "go mac". I don't think we're alone on this, either -- the mac makes a GREAT platform for VAR's, but it is too da*n spendy right now. To paraphrase: "Give me a cheap entry-level mac, or give me IBM clones!" Mike Stafford staffomc@cs.uoregon.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!sobmips!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caesar.cs.montana.edu!blake!oregon!cs.uoregon.edu!news From: stafford@blanco.cs.uoregon.edu (M.C. Stafford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Affordable Macs? Keywords: mac affordable (cheap) education low-end thanks Message-ID: <STAFFORD.89Nov16091027@blanco.cs.uoregon.edu> Date: 16 Nov 89 17:11:30 GMT References: <254@spt.entity.com> Sender: news@cs.uoregon.edu (Netnews Owner) Organization: Dept. of Computer & Information Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Lines: 22 In-reply-to: mdc@spt.entity.com's message of 15 Nov 89 19:27:21 GMT