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- From: lemson@fnbc.com (David Lemson)
- Subject: Re: Will there be a back to school special?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.202440.11392@fnbc.com>
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- Organization: First National Bank Of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA
- References: <1992Jul23.201012.22191@bmw.mayo.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 20:24:40 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul23.201012.22191@bmw.mayo.edu> brunkhorst@mayo.edu
- (Geoff Brunkhorst) writes:
- > In article <1992Jul23.174243.20388@athena.mit.edu> chuck@hans.mit.edu
- (Chuck
- > Parsons) writes:
- > >
- > > Given the time of year I thought it possible that NeXT might be
- > > rolling out a promo for the new scholl year as well as to dump all the
- > > slabs before the RISC machines come out (I assume they won't come out
- > > before Christmas).
- >
- >
- > If a new promo comes out, I suspect it to be announced August 1 or
- after.
- > I suspect it will be in the form of software bundling, and/or printer
- > bundling ("Get all this cool software for worth $2000, for $200, and
- > this printer for $100 off!")
- Historically, I don't think there have been any hardware specials offered
- in the fall. Most of the specials come out near the end of the spring
- semester, when students are leaving school and are anxious to get a
- computer at the low educational prices.
-
- Of course, last year there was the software bundle special in the early
- fall.
- --
- David Lemson (312) 732-4741
- FNBC Sys Admin (Summer) UIUC NeXT Campus Consultant(rest of the time)
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