Think I paid 1700. or 1800 us for a new IIvx. It was discontinued two
weeks later. Instant Edsel. My next new computer was a PCP 240 from the
big PowerComputing Inventory sell off ... after Steve "Adolph Napoleon
Mussolini" Jobs stabbed the Clone makers in the back (Motorola being one
of them). Would one think: That may have a bearing on why Motorola has
dragged their feet on chip speeds? It's sort of like, handing all your
credit cards to your ex-wife. RHB
***************************
"Timothy M. Hood" wrote:
>
> I think the real key there is the price. In three years, the price
> dropped by *two
> thirds*, or more than 66%, something extraordinary for Apple on two
> fronts: first,
> they recognized that the market for high-priced machines was both
> limited and
> shrinking, thanks in part to a growing disparity between Apple and PC
> prices. Second,
> because the new price was now at least somewhat "affordable". I mean,
> let's get
> serious here for a moment: who really could afford a $9000+ computer in
> 1989? You
> could buy decent automobiles for less than that!
>
>
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