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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: a non-techie view of Newton
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- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 19:59:45 GMT
- References: <1992Jul18.151149.14496@oswego.Oswego.EDU> <1992Jul31.034022.20774@adobe.com> <1992Aug7.135655.29078@fwi.uva.nl> <4603@news.duke.edu>
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- In <4603@news.duke.edu> jfw@neuro.duke.edu (John F. Whitehead) writes:
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- >Does anyone know what price range Newton is expected to enter at, and when?
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- >I'm trying to decide whether to get a $900 PB100 -- if Newton will be
- >competitive with this and will be out in the next six months I will
- >wait for it, otherwise I'll go for the PB.
-
- Apple's announced plan is to intorduce the Newton at around $700,
- then work aggressively to drive that price down. Whether they
- are "competitive" or not is another question. Newton will be
- good at a lot of things the Powerbook isn't, and vice versa. If
- you want a portable for serious word processing or to run spreadsheets,
- for example, Newton is not what you're looking for.
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