gtww2z9z@umiami.miami.edu (Jason Gross) (03/21/89)
I just read the latest copy of MacWorld and in it was a chilling tale.
In Steven Levy's column, he describes a series of events that lead to a
clandestine meeting with Microsoft chief Bill Gates. In that hotel room,
Gates reveals to Levy a startling product: A '030 Mac clone that's twice as fast
as the IIx, comes with color, a 60MB hard drive, a 2400bps modem, fax,
Works and Word 4.0 in ROM, 4 MB RAM, monitor, keyboard, and mouse all for,
now get this, one thousand dollars.
Guess who makes this wonder machine? None other than Big Blue itself.
In addition, this Mac clone is supposed to be shipping April 1. If this
is a true story (and the article sounded real serious), then Apple is going
to have come up with extremely good reasons why their prices are as high as
they have been. No one, present company included, will buy even a IIcx at
$5400 if they can get that and more for a mere $1000.
Comments, unsubstantited rumors, mindless ramblings welcome
Apple, are you *finally* listening!
--
Jason Gross Comp Sci Ugrad University of Miami Class of '91 (?)
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** Disclaimer: Disclaimer? Why, I never claimed 'er in the first place! **kent@lloyd.camex.uucp (Kent Borg) (03/21/89)
It was an April Fools joke. "Shipping April first"? Did you read the description of the tv commercial? Would IBM *ever* have the guts to run such an imaginative spot? Wasn't the the features list just a *little* out of line with the price? Where is all the rest of the publicity for such an important product? If you fell for this one, you'd better stop reading USENET for a few weeks. This isn't the last one you will fall for. Kent Borg kent@lloyd.uucp or ...!hscfvax!lloyd!kent
chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (03/22/89)
>I just read the latest copy of MacWorld and in it was a chilling tale. >In Steven Levy's column, Hee-hee. Chortle. Guffaw. It's been on the front pages of business sections across the country. It's been on the newswires. We've already laughed about it in this newsgroup. And people *still* fall for it. heh-heh. hee-hee. Chuq Von Rospach -*- Editor,OtherRealms -*- Member SFWA chuq@apple.com -*- CI$: 73317,635 -*- Delphi: CHUQ -*- Applelink: CHUQ [This is myself speaking. No company can control my thoughts.] USENET: N. A self-replicating phage engineered by the phone company to cause computers to spend large amounts of their owners budget on modem charges.
billkatt@sol.engin.umich.edu (billkatt) (03/22/89)
In article <530@umiami.miami.edu> gtww2z9z@umiami.miami.edu (Jason Gross) writes: >I just read the latest copy of MacWorld and in it was a chilling tale. >In Steven Levy's column, he describes a series of events that lead to a >clandestine meeting with Microsoft chief Bill Gates. In that hotel room, >Gates reveals to Levy a startling product: A '030 Mac clone that's twice as fast >as the IIx, comes with color, a 60MB hard drive, a 2400bps modem, fax, >Works and Word 4.0 in ROM, 4 MB RAM, monitor, keyboard, and mouse all for, >now get this, one thousand dollars. > >Guess who makes this wonder machine? None other than Big Blue itself. > >In addition, this Mac clone is supposed to be shipping April 1. If this >is a true story (and the article sounded real serious), then Apple is going >to have come up with extremely good reasons why their prices are as high as >they have been. No one, present company included, will buy even a IIcx at >$5400 if they can get that and more for a mere $1000. > >Comments, unsubstantited rumors, mindless ramblings welcome > >Apple, are you *finally* listening! > There is one born every minute -W.C. Fields. MacWorld has gotten a lot of flak about that. They are going to print a retraction, if they haven't already. It was an April Fool's Joke. +----------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | Steve Bollinger | Internet: billkatt@sol.engin.umich.edu | | 4297 Sulgrave Dr. +------+---------------------------------------------+ | Swartz Creek, Mi. 48473 | "My employer doesn't take my opinion any | +-----------------------------+ more seriously than you do." | | "You remember the IIe, it +---------------------------------------------+ | was the machine Apple made before they decided people didn't need | | machines with big screens, color, or slots." | | - Harry Anderson (from NBC's Night Court) | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
mark@mtuxo.att.com (XG1W6-M.PERKINS) (03/22/89)
In article <530@umiami.miami.edu> gtww2z9z@umiami.miami.edu (Jason Gross) writes: >I just read the latest copy of MacWorld and in it was a chilling tale. . . . >Guess who makes this wonder machine? None other than Big Blue itself. > >In addition, this Mac clone is supposed to be shipping April 1. If this ^^^^^^^ It just so happens that this appears in the April issue of MacWorld, eh? I rest my case. Mark Perkins AT&T Bell Laboratories mark@mtlan.att.com
englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander) (03/22/89)
In article <530@umiami.miami.edu> gtww2z9z@umiami.miami.edu (Jason Gross) writes: >In addition, this Mac clone is supposed to be shipping April 1. If this ^^^^^^^ COME ON! Isn't that enough of a hint this story is bogus?! (Don't mean to spoil the fun, just cut down on the traffic :-) -- - Scott
kent@sunfs3.camex.uucp (Kent Borg) (03/23/89)
In article <4228feef.a590@mag.engin.umich.edu> billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu (billkatt) writes: >There is one born every minute -W.C. Fields. >+----------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ >| Steve Bollinger | Internet: billkatt@sol.engin.umich.edu | >| 4297 Sulgrave Dr. +------+---------------------------------------------+ >| Swartz Creek, Mi. 48473 | "My employer doesn't take my opinion any | >+-----------------------------+ more seriously than you do." | Wasn't it Phinias Taylor Barnum? "There's a sucker born every minute." P.S. What does W.C. stand for in Mr Fields' name? Kent Borg kent@lloyd.uucp or ...!hscfvax!lloyd!kent
kent@lloyd.camex.uucp (Kent Borg) (03/23/89)
In article <4228feef.a590@mag.engin.umich.edu> billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu (billkatt) writes: >There is one born every minute -W.C. Fields. >+----------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ >| Steve Bollinger | Internet: billkatt@sol.engin.umich.edu | >| 4297 Sulgrave Dr. +------+---------------------------------------------+ >| Swartz Creek, Mi. 48473 | "My employer doesn't take my opinion any | >+-----------------------------+ more seriously than you do." | Wasn't it P.T. Barnum: "There's a sucker born every minute."? P.S. The "P.T." stood for "Phinias Taylor" in Mr. Barnum's name, what did Mr. Fields' "W.C." stand for? Kent Borg kent@lloyd.uucp or ...!hscfvax!lloyd!kent
alexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen) (03/25/89)
In article <530@umiami.miami.edu> gtww2z9z@umiami.miami.edu (Jason Gross) writes: >[...] In addition, this Mac clone is supposed to be shipping April 1. If this >is a true story (and the article sounded real serious), then Apple is going >to have come up with extremely good reasons why their prices are as high as >they have been. No one, present company included, will buy even a IIcx at >$5400 if they can get that and more for a mere $1000. [etc.] >Jason Gross Comp Sci Ugrad University of Miami Class of '91 (?) Oh, please. Since you've already chosen your major, maybe you could take a minor in skepticism? 1/2 :-) Not to be too nasty, really, but that's a lot of bandwidth wasted on nonsense. And now I'll stop wasting it too. Alexis Rosen alexis@ccnysci.uucp
koehn@cat20.CS.WISC.EDU (Bradley Koehn) (04/01/89)
In article <27653@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: >heh-heh. hee-hee. I agree completely. Had a good laugh over it myself. Brad Koehn "Fly like an Emu!"