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From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie)
Subject: Re: Impact of notebooks on low end?
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.073839.6421@neon.Stanford.EDU>
Sender: torrie@neon.Stanford.EDU (Evan James Torrie)
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Ca , USA
References: <norton.677581424@extro> <1991Jun24.135247.17678@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 07:38:39 GMT
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gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu writes:

>In article <norton.677581424@extro>, norton@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Norton Chia) writes:
>>With the upcoming Apple notebooks, I think it may steal sales from Apple's
>>low end offerings like the Classic and LC. Opinions?

>Nice opinions.  You may wish to check this week's MacWEEK (I got on CI$ and
>read the stories early on ZMAC).  They speak of how Apple Marketing is
>concerned about the exact same thing, and that many people think that the new
>notebooks will steal thunder from the low-end Macs.

>Heck, a "Classic Portable" weighing in at 5.4 lbs with a 8.5x11x1.5" form
>factor for under $2000 retail just might do it, too...

  I don't know whether Apple should be worried about this or not.  A friend
of mine went to a talk recently, where it was predicted that desktop PCs
would be almost extinct in five years or so, totally displaced by portables
and notebooks.

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