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- From: mikew@apple.com (Mike Wiese)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: "Special introductory offer" on LaserWriter Pro 600
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.053555.14796@gallant.apple.com>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 05:35:55 GMT
- References: <1993Jan10.033342.24102@tc.cornell.edu>
- Sender: news@gallant.apple.com
- Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
- Lines: 33
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- In article <1993Jan10.033342.24102@tc.cornell.edu> Julian Vrieslander,
- eacj@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU writes:
- >In Apple's 1/6/92 press release on the new workgroup printers, there is
- the
- >following statement:
- >
- >>>>>>
- >As a special introductory offer, Apple will ship the LaserWriter Pro 600
- >with 8MB of RAM, enabling users to take advantage of 600 dpi resolution
- and the
- >superior grayscale printing capabilities of PhotoGrade.
- ><<<<<
- >
- >I just visited two Apple dealers who were completely unaware of this
- offer.
- >Both of them thought that the LW Pro 600's that they had in stock were
- shipped
- >with 4MB, and they had no paperwork describing how to obtain the
- additional
- >RAM. Does anyone know what is going on here?
-
- At the Apple booth at MacWorld, the Apple employee at the LW Pro station
- said the marketing sheets on the 600 were incorrect, the only difference
- between the 600 and the 630 is ethernet and SCSI. This is in conflict
- with press releases and other info available on AppleLink, so I'm not
- suprised dealers don't know about it. She said it was a last minute
- decision.
-
- According to the 1/6/93 price list, available on AppleLink, the LW Pro
- 600 & 4MB PhotoGrade Kit is $2099. The printer is not available w/o the
- PhotoGrade Kit.
-
- mike
-