Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.7 9/23/84; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!nsc!chuqui From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Cheshire Chuqui) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: mac compatibles ? Message-ID: <1925@nsc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 30-Nov-84 13:50:38 EST Article-I.D.: nsc.1925 Posted: Fri Nov 30 13:50:38 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Dec-84 20:20:42 EST References: <91@vectron.UUCP> <1807@sun.uucp> <> <> Reply-To: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Cheshire Chuqui) Organization: Plaid Heaven Lines: 35 Summary: >2. Apple is scrambling to expand the plant to increase capacity. >( Not selling as many as forcast but the plant's too small?????) The reality is that Apple is in the process of doubling production in their Mac plant in Fremont, CA (built in the US, no less!) from 40,000/mo to 80,000/mo (I don't remember where those figures came from-- probably the San Jose Mercury News) in a plant with a capacity of 100,000/mo. They will also be adding about 200 new employees. To be honest, sales of Mac's did seem to level off after the initial surge. The main reason for this seems to be the fact that it turned out to be MUCH harder to get decent software out for the Mac than anticipated so the third party stuff stretched out beyond original estimates. That stuff is now starting to show up, and sales are picking up again. If sales are below what apple expected, I don't think they are significantly below. When I went looking for my Mac most places I talked to had them in stock, but didn't have a LOT of them in stock because they were selling quite well. At least in california, they aren't a glut on the market. There is a certain group out there that has been against the mac from the start, mainly because it isn't IBM compatible. Some of us (I refrain from saying 'those with a view of the future') find that a significant advantage-- I wouldn't touch a PC if you gave it to me, and I'm sure there are a lot of PC owners who say the same about macs. I personally think that the Mac is a growing force in the market and will be a major player for a long time to come. chuq -- From the center of a Plaid pentagram: Chuq Von Rospach {cbosgd,decwrl,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!chuqui nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA ~But you know, monsieur, that as long as she wears the claw of the dragon upon her breast you can do nothing-- her soul belongs to me!~