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From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Apple Prices
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Date: 20 Jun 89 23:16:14 GMT
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Apple Computer University Price List (Individuals)
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Mac Plus			 945

Mac SE				1614
Mac SE w/Apple Keyboard		1704
Mac SE w/HD 20			1946
Mac SE w/HD 20 w/Apple Keyboard	2036
Mac SE HD 40/2 			2709

Mac SE/30			2709
Mac SE/30 40/1			3019
Mac SE/30 80/4			4073

Mac II				3019
Mac II 40/1			3825
Mac II 40/4			4569

Mac IIcx			2995
Mac IIcx 40/1			3329
Mac IIcx 80/4			4383

Mac IIx /4			4321
Mac IIx 80/4			4879
Mac IIx 160/4			5313

Apple Keyboard			  90
Extended Keyboard		 160

Apple Monochrome Monitor	 279
AppleColor Monitor		 699
Apple Portrait Monitor		 769
Apple Two-Page Monitor		1504

1-bit Video card		 139
4-bit Video Card		 349
Expansion Kit			 104
Two-Page video Card		 419
Portrait Video Card		 419

Imagewriter II w/Cable		 437
Imagewriter LQ w/Cable		1000
Laserwriter IISC		1791
Laserwriter IINT		3199
LaserWriter IINTX		4479

Apple Scanner			1259

$35 shipping/handling on all orders; $300 minimum.
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I decided to post these when I was collecting the prices for a friend.
Here are some observations.  First, the bare Mac II CPU has gone up
$600 since I bought mine [during a promotion] in 1987.  

Second, it looks like Apple has jacked up the prices of its bare
system units to make its hard-disk units seem more attractive.  Apple
has long been known for overcharging for hard disks.  It looks like
Apple has found a new way to overcharge for hard disks: raise the
price for the empty CPU box, making the system unit with the hard disk
seem more attractive.  Actually, Apple is just squeezing the 3rd-party
disk drive makers by exploiting its closed architecture.

Our University Price List is not copyrighted.  Apple has a tendency to
sick its lawyers on people for disclosing "confidential" prices in the
university discount program, or at least threaten the universities
involved.  It seems to me that this policy is restraint of trade / an
unfair trade practice, and it should be possible to counter-sue Apple
on these grounds.  But who has the time and energy to fight Apple in
court?

So, what are the discount prices at your university?