obsolete? so what. Obsolete computers sell.

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1 total messages Started by Brian Reid Sun, 24 Feb 1985 04:04

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Author: Brian Reid
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 1985 04:04

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The IBM PC was obsolete the day it was announced, but that didn't prevent
IBM from selling millions of them. The Mac will in some sense be obsolete in
a year or two, but so what? So what that the Mac has about the same
functionality as the Xerox Alto had in 1976? That doesn't change its value.

The point is, the Mac does what it does very well, it does it cheaply, it
generates lots of nice software (have you seen Quartet or ConcertWare?),
and lots of people have them. I don't want color; if you gave me a color
computer I would sell it and buy a black and white version.

I should point out that I also own a 1964 Chevrolet pickup truck. While
it is terribly obsolete, somebody borrows it from me almost every weekend
because it outperforms their BMW at certain tasks.
-- 
	Brian Reid	decwrl!glacier!reid
	Stanford	reid@SU-Glacier.ARPA

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