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From: bill@bilver.UUCP (Bill Vermillion)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT Policy
Message-ID: <433@bilver.UUCP>
Date: 4 Oct 89 03:09:17 GMT
References: <5572@tank.uchicago.edu-> <5831@asylum.SF.CA.US>
Reply-To: bill@bilver.UUCP (Bill Vermillion)
Organization: W. J. Vermillion, Winter Park, FL
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In article <5831@asylum.SF.CA.US-> langz@asylum.UUCP (Lang Zerner) writes:
->In article <5572@tank.uchicago.edu> phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
->>
->>My one gripe is that (students listen) a one-year extended warranty
->>is reputed to cost about $900. This is an awful lot for one of NeXT's
->>target customers (students). 
 
->I don't know how long the standard NeXT warranty is, but if it is 90 days or
->more, it is plenty long.  And, student financial hardships notwithstanding,
->$900 is not much to pay for a year's service contract.  Businesses and research
->labs both pay ten-fold that amount for similar service on many similar systems.
$900 is a bit much to pay in today's market, and more mfrs are giving 1 year.
While not 100% comparable in price and power, my IBM-80, with 115 meg drive,
and 2 meg memory, and mono display, cost me approx. $325 for 1 year on site
maintenance.  This is after the first year FREE warranty for carry in, or pay
a $25 (no typo that is Twenty-five dollar) surcharge, and the first 1 year
warranty is on-site.  This is for a machine that discounts to about $6300.

On site for a similarly equiped AT&T 386 box is about $400/yr.  $900 is too
much in today's market. (IMHO)


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