Re: Apple?

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From: Gilles Lehoux
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 22:50

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PJ (pjuang@hawking.nhgs.tec.va.us) wrote:

: >>>Guys guys guys.  Since when has a Mac cost the same as a Windows box?  
: >>>A Mac is a luxury, not a commodity.  Or perhaps you're all wondering why 
: >>>Lexus only has 3% of the car market?
: >>
: >>I agree that a mac is more expensive than a PC, but not that it is a
: >>luxury. If you buy a mac you are paying more for less power.
: >
: >I suppose that's why people buy Lexi?  Because they're less powerful?

:    This is beside the point, but a $20K Chevrolet Camaro Z28 will dust a
: $40000 Lexus LS any day.
:  
:    So will a Mitsubishi 3000GT , Nissan 300ZX, Toyota Supra, Chevrolet 
: Corvette, Dodge Stealth, Mazda RX-7, Pontiac Firebird/Formula/Trans Am,
: and Ford Mustang.

:     Possibly an Acura Integra, Ford Probe GT, Honda Prelude, Toyota Celica
: and MR2, Mazda MX5 Miata and MX6, Nissan 240SX, Eagle Talon, and Mitsubishi
: Eclipse.

:    I don't think the Lexus buyer has power as high on his list as luxury.

Right, you ARE beside the point.
The subject here is luxury cars.
                    ^^^^^^
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Gilles Lehoux, P.Eng.                             glehoux@amtron1.login.qc.ca 
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Subject: Re: Apple?
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