No
problem, says Apple COO Timothy Cook about the line, which will now start at $999 rather than $1,499. He tells Miguel Helft that it is better for Apple to cannibalize its own business than for another
company to do so. "If one cannibalizes the other, then so be it," he says.
Kaufman Brothers analyst Shaw Wu predicts that the new machines will sell well and give
Apple a larger slice of the personal computer business.
Writing in Fast Company, E.B. Boyd spells out five lessons about "how to
design and market world-class products " that Apple's executives demonstrated when they took the stage in Cupertino yesterday.
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In PCWorld, meanwhile, Barbara E. Hernandez reports that the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which will go on sale for $600 at Verizon stores Nov. 11, is expected to compete head-to-head with the iPad in both pricing and capabilities.
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