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Date: Fri, 27-Jan-84 22:22:55 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 27 22:22:55 1984
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From:  Bill Catchings 

I just got back from a seminar in (sunny) Ft. Lauderdale at which the
VP of Sales and Marketing from Apple spoke.  (Curiously enough he was
the coach of the Columbia University football team about five years
ago, makes you wonder about a lot of things.)  He confirmed a number
of things mentioned in previous Mac notes on this list.  Yes for $25
you can connect up to 32 Macs (and I think Lisas).  This "network"
uses twisted pair, I guess not much else could be used for $25.  He
also mentioned a laser printer and file server for this network were
in the future.  The price of the laser printer is to be under $5,000.
I'd like to see that.  The most important thing he had to say was that
though Apple was glad to cash in on all the free publicity and excitement
for the MacIntosh the more important thing Apple wanted to convey was
that Apple had a "product line", the Apple System 32 SuperMicroComputer.
That product line is made up of the Mac and the three Lisas.  He was
also very explicit about how aggressive Apple is going to be in the
marketplace.  They are going to offer some form of quantity discounts
for national accounts.  The details of this and how that interfaces with
their current dealer network will be announced on Thursday.  Also in this
vein they are targeting Universities and select Fortune 500 accounts at
big discounts to crack IBM strangle hold on the market.  This should be
an interesting fight.  Stay tuned.

					-Bill Catchings

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