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The numbers I've read are that Apple sold roughly 800,000 newtons during
the lifetime of the product. The majority of them were MP2x00 unit. That
number is probably higher because apple was actually selling brand new
newtons until 1999 (due to contractual obligations with various companies).
Why *exactly* Steve killed the Newton is anyone's guess. I'm willing to
bet it was a combination of "he didn't invent it" with the fact that only
the 2k series became "marginally profitable" (to quote Woz). Boils down to
simple $$$ I'm sure.
I also remember someone talking on smaller.com about the simple fact that
*everyone* left Apple that had significant knowledge about the
Newton. They (almost) all went to Palm! I've heard that SJ had expressed
interest in doing something with the Newton technology to make it
profitable but that the knowledgebase to do that had left and *that* was
why he killed it.
Let's be realistic.. any guy who's willing to put an ATI card in a computer
for resale has *got* to be focused primarily on making a buck... ;)
At 02:00 PM 2/13/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>Hey -
>
>Seeing as how Apple now publishes numbers of iMacs,
>iBooks, Powerbooks, iPods, G4s sold each quarter in
>their quarterly report, does anyone have access to the
>historic sales numbers for the Newt over its years of
>production?
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