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Date: Wed, 3-Oct-84 01:36:17 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 3 01:36:17 1984
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You guys have it all wrong. 256K chips are on the market place for
between <$25 to <$30. Apple is OBVIOUSLY paying paying on hte low end.
Perhaps as low as $20. 16 X $20 is $320. the dealers KEEP $200 minimum
on hte deal. That makes the NO PROFEt TFrom Apple to (at least) $520.
Add to this the actual cost of assembly, the new motherboard, other
components ont he new motherboard and the software (Mac Draw and Mac
Project) given to pre-September purchaser's of Mac and the price (though
very high) is ablut right.
Will the price come down? Sure, but so what; that's called economics of
scale.
Can we get onto some other topic now.
I'm more interested in seeing some comments as to software and
usefulness of the Mac.
Marc
MKrigel.es@Xerox.arpa