Neil Jones wrote:
Few days ago I saw news item claiming that Apple is reducing prices of their computers across the board. When I tried to go to their website, I got a message saying that they are updating their store information and asked to return back. Today, I go to the site and did not see any difference in the prices at all. All they did is present the cheaper models (polycarbonate shell) first and then take you to the expensive models (aluminum shell). I have been watching the prices for a few months (planning to buy one for my kid), but the prices have not changed at all. It looks like an Apple gimmick here. NJ
Considering the Apple// (Apple2 - like the name of the news group) line was killed off around the early 90's I'd say yeah there is a drastic reduction in prices. The ][+ went from a $4600 computer (the first one I ever bought) to a $5 computer. It's still a good machine. It does what it does very well. Much more stable than modern PCs or Macs. I don't recall an Apple// in anything but a plastic or fibreglass shell.
You could be referring to a Macintosh. But then why would you post your message in a group which predates the Mac... As the other poster (in comp.sys.apple2 - he didn't crosspost to the other groups) says, you would have better luck in one of the comp.sys.mac.* groups.
The thing is Macs are decent machines too. I have more than a few here. Essentially the new ones are high end PCs running BSD with a fancy GUI with lots of eye-candy. You can get the same result by installing Linux or BSD on a PC and choosing Gnome or KDE 4 as your window manager. Sure you wouldn't be able to run all this great Mac software without jumping through hoops, but there are enough good quality software clones without all the DRM.
Later Mike