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- From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Macs cost too much (NOT!)
- Message-ID: <14899@claris.com>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 23:03:52 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul29.172629.22165@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>, smoon@strfleet.gsfc.nasa.gov (Sang J. Moon) writes:
- >
- > Reading the 7/27/92 issue of MacWeek, p.46, it seems Apple agrees
- > that macintoshes are overpriced compared to other personal computers:
- >
- > "[Apple executives] made it clear to [analysts] that they will
- > aggressively price their products soon," said John Girton, vice
- > president of research for Van Kasper & Co. in San Francisco.
- >
- > Of course, this could mean only a small discount is coming, but Apple is
- > feeling the pinch of the much cheaper PC clones.
-
- Computer Reseller News says that Apple is expected to cut the price of the
- IIci and IIsi by 25%, and the Classic II may drop by 30%. If Apple does
- this, it will have to cut expenses even further--and that could mean more
- layoffs.
-