Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!mit-vax!russ From: russ@mit-vax.UUCP (Russell Finn) Newsgroups: net.micro.apple Subject: Re: Apple University Consortium Message-ID: <840@mit-vax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Feb-84 18:14:55 EST Article-I.D.: mit-vax.840 Posted: Mon Feb 20 18:14:55 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Feb-84 04:56:03 EST References: <836@cvl.UUCP> Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 18 Now, this is completely speculation on my part, but . . . could it be that the reason that the educational discount won't be available until fall is that by then Apple may be able to lower the list price on the Mac -- say to $2000? After all, their robot factory should be up to full speed by then. Perhaps at that point the "discount" won't be so great (and perhaps the dealers won't be so upset). Me personally, I'd consider buying one for $2500, if I had the money. But by the time I do have the money, the discount program will have started -- at which point I'll seriously consider making friends with a Harvard or Boston College student . . . (My alma mater MIT is currently not a member of the consortium -- no doubt because of their involvement with IBM and DEC on Project Athena; they're going to be up to their hips in IBM PC's and Pro 350's before long.) Russell Finn ..!mit-vax!russ