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Subject: Re: rumoured announcement of Atari-Mac in NY-Times of Jan 7
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Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 03:27:04 EST
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From: allegra!watmath!water![email protected]
Take it with a large quantity of salt. A lot of the "leaks" to the press
are made to pull the wind out of other companies sales
Before the C64, Adam, or the PCjr came out we were told that they had finished
developing a system that would knock the pants of the Apple II at a fraction
of the price... Well, the only way to really knock a price down is by
reducing production costs. Thus while the low end micros were quite good
for the money, they weren't exactly powereful.
Also, any machine in the "rumors" stage now is at LEAST 3 months from your
dealers shelf, and won't be a stable product with a good software base for
another 12...
Mark
(waiting for Jan 24.)