Re: What happened to the Zip chip?!?!

[buchner@freenet.msp.mn.us (Greg Buchner)]

In article <35821d01.142360325@roch-news>, wsmith@NOSPAM.ctron.com (Will
Smith) wrote:

>On 12 Jun 1998 07:48:25 GMT, supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:
>
>|>I wonder if Apple saw things differently what would have happened.
>|>We could use a 90s version of the Commodore 64.  How much
>|>do you think it costs to build an Apple IIGS?  I bet Apple can turn
>|>in a profit even at $80 a unit.  This will make $150 for an Apple
>|>IIGS system.  If Apple bundles software and enough memory,
>|>we could have a winner...
>
>the beauty of this is that Apple could corner the "low-end" market,
>especially at home.  at prices like this (and when comparing the
>capabilities of the respective machines), there's no way that Apple
>could consider the GS to be "competing" against the Mac!

Well, I've done some work at a place that was selling (or more
accurately, trying to sell) IIGS system's for $99.  Schools were
interested, but individuals...for the most part they look for
something that can run the latest in games.  Games are a driving
force for most people and for the ones that it isn't, they 
generally tend to look for compatibility.

The IIGS would have to be heavily modified to make it in today's
market and that would drive up the cost.

Greg B.