In a message dated 3/27/00 5:44:52 PM, gopi@sloth.org writes:
<< > The fact that clones were killing Apple profits to me says that Apple
was
> either overcharging for it's technology or was producing hardware inferior
to
> the clones, both of which I think were true.
PowerComputing's machines were _not_ superior to Apple's in any way.
Cheaper components, cheaper cases, cheaper drives, etc. etc.
I worked as a hardware techie on both, and I can assure you that Apple's
machines were better.
snip
Apple was overcharging for their technology? Apple spent _huge_ amounts
of money on R&D.
snip
gopi. >>
I may have spoken without sufficient knowledge to render an accurate
opinion.
Opps
RobertRuff
******************************************
This NewtonTalk Message brought to you by:
EVOTE.COM, the ESPN of Politics on the
Internet. Visit EVOTE.COM for all the latest
news on Campaign 2000!
Visit http://www.evote.com today!
******************************************
Need Subscribe/Unsubscribe Info?
visit http://www.planetnewton.com
******************************************
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed May 03 2000 - 09:41:16 EDT