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From: isbell@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Art Isbell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: NeXT price survey
Keywords: price
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Date: 24 Jun 89 19:05:21 GMT
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Below is a summary of NeXT prices at several universities.  As you can see,
quite a variation exists.  Because I have the misfortune of being required to
purchase through the University of Colorado, which has NeXT prices at the top
of the range, I have been priced out of the NeXT market.  So much for the
NeXT goal of a system affordable to students..........

Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder

	basic system				7,385
		(cube with 8M RAM +
		 MegaPixel display +
		 keyboard + mouse +
		 flopty + software)

	scholar's system			9,659
		(basic + printer)

	advanced system				9,659
		(basic + 330M h.d.)

	developer's system			14,200
		(scholar's + 660M h.d.)

	server system				15,340
		(basic + 8M RAM + 660M h.d.)

	printer					2,275

	4M RAM					1,705

	330M h.d.				2,275

	660M h.d.				4,545

	These prices do not include sales tax, but do include shipping.

Organization: California Institute of Technology
 
	6.5%taxes+3% order fee

Organization: Princeton University, NJ

	about 5% markup

Subject: NeXT prices at Georgia Tech

	Georgia Tech and the rest of the Georgia public university system
	can only purchase NeXT products from Emory (private university)
	10%, then 5% sales tax and $30 shipping


Michigan State University has a very simple pricing policy for
	selling NeXT computers: Take the University cost of whatever system
	you want and add $325.  (Plus tax, of course.)


Organization: Harvard University, Cambridge MA

	I know that MIT has a 13% overhead


Below is the price list for NeXT systems at Carnegie Mellon.

	Pennsylvania sales tax (6%) will be collected on all individual sales.

    NeXT WORKSTATION ("Special Order" Only)
    Model N9001-08 (8MB mem., 256MB mag/opt)             6770.00*
    
    Model N9001-12 (12MB mem., 256MB mag/opt)    8330.00*
    Model N9001-16 (16MB mem., 256MB mag/opt)    9830.00*
    Model N9002-08 (8MB mem., 256MB mag/opt,
                                         330MB Hard Disk)        8855.00*
    Model N9002-12 (12MB mem., 256MB mag/opt,
                         330MB Hard Disk)            10415.00*
    Model N9002-16 (16MB mem., 256MB mag/opt,
                         330MB Hard Disk)            11975.00*
    Model N9003-08 (8MB mem., 256MB mag/opt,
                         660MB Hard Disk)            10940.00*
    Model N9003-12 (12MB mem., 256MB mag/opt,
                         660MB Hard Disk)            12500.00*
    Model N9003-16 (16MB mem., 256MB mag/opt,
                         660MB Hard Disk)            14060.00*
    Laser Printer (400 dpi)                                   2085.00
    Toner Cartridge (In Stock)                            110.00
       * Includes Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor (17", B/W, 4 Grayscales)