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- From: kris@sst.ph.ic.ac.uk (Kris Hampel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Powerbook 100 discontinued (Apple UK Sillyness)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.100336.26832@cc.ic.ac.uk>
- Date: 9 Sep 92 09:03:35 GMT
- References: <Z2RiqB1w165w@mantis.co.uk>
- Organization: Physics, Imperial College, London
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- In article <Z2RiqB1w165w@mantis.co.uk> mathew, mathew@mantis.co.uk writes:
- >
- >"Apple has dropped two of its best-selling Powerbook models [...] News of
- >the Powerbook 100's discontinuation was a surprise to many Apple dealers
- >[...]" -- 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
-
- Stranger still, I just got a letter from Apple UK (they have a new glossy
- called "The Edge") which said - "you can now buy a PB100 4/40 from your
- dealer for \pounds 995 (ish)..." so I went and our dealer told me that
- they had a message from Apple saying "please don't sell any more PB100s".
-
- What I'm wondering is why the hasty withdrawral? Margins too low? Sony
- going to sue? Will System 7.1+ not be very friendly with 68000s? (Ok so
- this is idle speculation of the worst kind, but what do people expect
- when there is no info).
-
- Kris Hampel (speaking only for myself)
-
- Solid State Theory Group, The Blackett Laboratory.
- ============> kris @ sst.ph.ic.ac.uk <============
-