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- From: mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Powerbook 100 discontinued
- Message-ID: <Z2RiqB1w165w@mantis.co.uk>
- Date: 3 Sep 92 09:54:46 GMT
- Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.
- Lines: 20
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- "Apple has dropped two of its best-selling Powerbook models, just a year
- after their inception [...] The Powerbook 100 and 140 are out; the latter has
- been replaced by the 145 [...]
-
- "News of the Powerbook 100's discontinuation was a surprise to many Apple
- dealers, because of the model's enormous popularity. 'We've taken the last
- 150 and are confident we can clear the stock,' said Robert Green, technical
- director at Apple dealer KRCS Sams Group."
-
- -- PC Dealer, September 2nd.
-
- Well, looks like it's yet another case of "Apple shoots self in foot". I'm
- glad I bought mine in time.
-
-
- mathew
- --
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- stone and a single note 'G' from CNN's ident theme) managed to convey a
- sense of rampant impropriety." -- 'Fortran Five', Simon G. Lawrence Leonard
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