merchant@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Peter Merchant) (03/14/89)
In article <588@nbc1.UUCP> rex@nbc1.UUCP (Rex Espiritu) writes: >In the April issue of MACWORLD which I just received, a Macintosh clone >will be introduced next month... >...and it's made by "Big Blue" (IBM) with Microsoft! Under $1000!!! >Can you believe it!!! No. --- "Can you feel my heart beating?" Peter Merchant (merchant@eleazar.UUCP) (Peter.G.Merchant@dartmouth.EDU)
swerling@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ace Swerling) (03/15/89)
In article <588@nbc1.UUCP> rex@nbc1.UUCP (Rex Espiritu) writes: >In the April issue of MACWORLD which I just received, a Macintosh clone >will be introduced next month... > >...and it's made by "Big Blue" (IBM) with Microsoft! Under $1000!!! > >Can you believe it!!! No I can't believe it. I think it's supposed to be an April fools joke. We went through all of it here. Just look at the day it's supposed to be introduced. April first?? Come on. Of course, I don't work for the University and don't have an inside track to this stuff, so I could be wrong. But I'm not. -Ace
chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (03/15/89)
>In the April issue of MACWORLD which I just received, a Macintosh clone >will be introduced next month... > >...and it's made by "Big Blue" (IBM) with Microsoft! Under $1000!!! > >Can you believe it!!! Somewhere out there on the network, Gene Spafford is laughing at you. Remember, folks, April first is rapidly approaching. Beware the frabjous bandersnatch and all that.
mystone@sol.engin.umich.edu (Dean Yu) (03/15/89)
In article <588@nbc1.UUCP> rex@nbc1.UUCP (Rex Espiritu) writes: >In the April issue of MACWORLD which I just received, a Macintosh clone >will be introduced next month... > >...and it's made by "Big Blue" (IBM) with Microsoft! Under $1000!!! > >Can you believe it!!! Gee, does this mean that they've finally got OS/2 Extended 1.1 or whatever it is working? :) ______________________________________________________________________________ Dean Yu | E-mail: mystone@caen.engin.umich.edu University of Michigan | Real-mail: Dean Yu Computer Aided Engineering Network | 2413 Kelsey House ===================================| 600 E Madison "These are MY opinions." (My | Ann Arbor, MI 48109 employer doesn't want them. |========================================== Actually, they don't really care | what I think. But President | This space intentionally left blank. Duderstadt does...) | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
barry@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Barry Fausnaugh) (03/15/89)
Ahh...but wouldn't it be an even bigger joke on us if we thought that we had
figured it out and that there really wasn't going to be any product anouncement
of an IBM clone and then low and behold there was. Ponder that for a while!
Barry Fausnaugh
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Uucp: ...{ihnp4,unidot,uunet}!cfg!udel!udccvax1!barrytrebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead) (03/15/89)
In article <588@nbc1.UUCP> rex@nbc1.UUCP (Rex Espiritu) writes: >In the April issue of MACWORLD which I just received, a Macintosh clone ^^^^^ >will be introduced next month... > >...and it's made by "Big Blue" (IBM) with Microsoft! Under $1000!!! > >Can you believe it!!! I happen to know for a fact that IBM will be coming out with a Mac clone, but in keeping with longstanding IBM marketing practice, it will cost 10% more than the real thing, and be 10% slower. ;^> -- * Robert J Woodhead * The true meaning of life is cunningly encrypted and * * uunet!biar!trebor * hidden somewhere in this signature... * * Biar Games, Inc. * ...no, go back and look again *
ra_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu (03/16/89)
In article <4205c231.a590@mag.engin.umich.edu>, mystone@sol.engin.umich.edu (Dean Yu) writes... >In article <588@nbc1.UUCP> rex@nbc1.UUCP (Rex Espiritu) writes: >>In the April issue of MACWORLD which I just received, a Macintosh clone >>will be introduced next month... >> >>...and it's made by "Big Blue" (IBM) with Microsoft! Under $1000!!! >> >>Can you believe it!!! Nope: a) the date of announcement is April Fool's Day. b) the box contains almost every conceivable item on a hackers wish-list. No way it would be under $1000. Look at how much the Next ended up costing. c) this box would blow away the rest of IBM's product line, and establish Mac as the dominant standard. It wouldn't be an Apple killer, but a PS/2 killer. Don't think IBM or Microsoft would be keen on that. Moral: don't believe everything you read in the Macintosh press (but you didn't anyway, did you? :->). Robert ------ ra_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu ------ generic disclaimer: all my opinions are mine
shani@TAURUS.BITNET (03/16/89)
In article <588@nbc1.UUCP>, rex@nbc1.BITNET writes: > Can you believe it!!! No we can't believe it!!!!!! If IBM can do that, they could cut down the prices of the PC which unlike the mac, doesn't worth what you pay for him This must be an April-1'st story. O.S.
fry@brauer.harvard.edu (David Fry) (03/16/89)
Steve Levy's column apparently created enough problems that I saw a press release on the AP newswire on CompuServe yesterday saying that MacWorld wanted to make it clear that it was only an Aprils' Fools joke, and they regretted any confusion it may have created for Apple, IBM, or Microsoft. David Fry fry@huma1.harvard.EDU Department of Mathematics fry@huma1.bitnet Harvard University ...!harvard!huma1!fry Cambridge, MA 02138
ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) (03/17/89)
In article <1424@husc6.harvard.edu> fry@brauer.UUCP (David Fry) writes: > [AP newswire on CompuServe had message ...] >saying that MacWorld wanted to make it clear that it was only an Aprils' >Fools joke ... > >David Fry fry@huma1.harvard.EDU I even saw a report on Headline News about it. They interviewed Steven Levy, author of the infamous column, who said it was just a joke. Curiously, they also interviewed a dude at IBM, who said that IBM neither confirms nor denies reports about machines under development. So IBM couldn't even deny it! John O'Malley / Macintosh / Purdue University / (317) mace.cc.purdue.edu!ajq / Specialist / Computing Center / 494-1787
holland@m2.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander) (03/17/89)
In article <3089@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> barry@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Barry Fausnaugh) writes: >Ahh...but wouldn't it be an even bigger joke on us if we thought that we had >figured it out and that there really wasn't going to be any product anouncement >of an IBM clone and then low and behold there was. Ponder that for a while! > Oh, but there is a Mac clone. It's not by IBM, but it's in a PC box. Just read about it in MacWeek. It has a 68000 and a 128K ROM. The part I can't figure out is that it says it's a Mac II clone. It may be the size of a Mac II, but it sure sounds like a Plus to me. I don't think it mentioned NuBus, but how can it support color? Maybe it's the size and price ($3500+) that makes it a Mac II clone. For that price, why wouldn't someone just buy a true Mac Plus (or 2)? Fred Hollander Computer Science Center Texas Instruments, Inc. hollander@ti.com The above statements are my own and not representative of Texas Instruments.
gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu (03/18/89)
Of course IBM won't say. Would you pass up a chance to halt Apple machine sales in their tracks, just by keeping your mouth shut, if you were Apple's biggest competitor???? IBM turns my stomach.