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- From: an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: Farewell to the Mac? (not flame)
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 21:17:40 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <trimble.722112979@ph-meter.beckman.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov17.193022.44891@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
- Reply-To: an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke)
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- In a previous article, trimble@ph-meter.beckman.uiuc.edu (Chris Trimble) says:
-
- >model03@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (John Deke) writes:
- >
- >> Do you think the Mac will be phased out?
- >
- > Apple will probably try to keep the CISCs alive for the first couple of
- > years after PowerPC, but I highly doubt it will last. People will quickly
- > realize the benefits of the PowerPC and jump in instead of buying CISCs.
- > If Apple wants to win over its customers, they should offer an upgrade
- > path from the CISCs, which, unlike the IIcx/i -> Quadra upgrade would be
- > REASONABLY PRICED.
- >
- Well, word has it that Apple has licensed 3rd party vendors to make NuBus
- and PDS cards which convert your current Mac into a PowerPC.
-
- > Furthermore, Apple does to the Mac owners what they've done to
- > Apple // owners about 5 times as often. Every 6 months Apple outdates
- > the models of 6 months ago. Just look at the line right now! Why should
- > anyone buy a Quadra 700 with the 800 coming out in January? Why should
- > anyone buy a IIvx with the Centris (whatever) coming out in January?
- > This kind of anticipation game is what has kept me from buying a Mac for
- > so long.
- >
- Well, hell- don't buy, wait until the year 2000 and lets look. Just
- kidding. Actually, lots of people have this problem, and its a big one in
- the computer industry. Oh well. This is why Apple doesn't pre-announce
- products- nobody will buy them if they did! We'd just wait and wait .....
-
- >> Is this good or not?
- >
- > No. It isn't. I think Apple should try to build a line that can stand
- > the test of time as well as your //e (and mine :) did. The //e was
- > completely useable up until about 2 or 3 years ago, which is still 8 or
- > maybe 9 years after it came on the market!
- >
- > Apple : build computers that are AHEAD of their time, like the ol' days.
- >
- >
- > - Chris
- > (Standard disclaimers)
- >
- >--
- >Chris Trimble | "Spalding, this calls for the Billy Bahroul" - Ted Knight
- >chris1@uiuc.edu | "Ar-oo-gull-ah, it's a vege-et-a-ble" - Steve Martin
- >
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