CSCHERRER@RUBY.VCU.EDU (02/01/91)
Yet, another response to the correction to price comparison of the Apple GS and Mac LC. Being a student I see a Mac LC available for $1580 and a 12" color monitor for $419.30. For a grand total of $1999.30. Now, there is no educational discont available for the Apple IIGS that I know about. So I can't see any reason to get one until the price comes down much lower on the GS. Chris Scherrer (cscherrer@vcuruby) (cscherrer@ruby.vcu.edu)
SHBOUM@MACALSTR.EDU (02/01/91)
Chris Scherrer writes, > Yet, another response to the correction to price comparison of the > Apple GS and Mac LC. > Being a student I see a Mac LC available for $1580 and > a 12" color monitor for $419.30. For a grand total of > there is no educational discont available for the Apple IIGS that I > know about. So I can't see any reason to get one until the price comes > down much lower on the GS. Yes, Apple does have educational discounts for the II. Only they don't tell anyone about it and which makes them very difficult to obtain. If you want to, try talking to your computing services on campus. They might be able to get you one, although its a slim chance. It has always bewildered me that the II has been able to survive this long despite all the negative support the line has had the past 5+ years. When the mac came out, all the major computer stores started promoting that and completely ignored the II. I talked to a computer supplier for our school, and he stated that the Mac was the only apple computer they actively market and encourage students to buy. Software stores haven't carried a new Apple II title in years, and only have about 5 titles on the shelf. The educational discounts that Apple has provided to the schools for the II have been poorly designed, and barely promoted. And Apple's general promotion of the line has been zilch... Yet despite all this, the //gs was one of Apple's top selling units from 1986-1989, and what did we hear? How outdated the machine was and how the Mac was the computer of the future. I can't understand why a company would activly try to discontinue one of its best selling lines. Its been a shame to watch a company take advantage of so many people and get away with it....... | Hal Bouma | Send mail to: SHBoum@Macalstr.edu | Macalester College | and SHBoum@Macalstr.Bitnet | GEnie: H.Bouma | ".Sig Under Construction..."