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From: seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: MAC ][cx appraisal
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Date: 29 Mar 90 22:16:09 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from fiddler@concertina.Sun.COM

 
Do those items come standard on a Mac either???  I don't thinkso.
 
Yes the cost of the Amiga starts to go up when you add them, but lets not
forget that you're starting with a substantially lower base price.  Take a Mac
][cx...those suckers retail about $5K.  What do you have, you've got 1MB...a
16MHz 030, and you still have to add a moniter.  The Apple moniter retails at
about $999 if I remember right.  With an Amiga, start with a 2000 at a retail
price of $1899, ad a 28MHz GVP accelerator with 4MB of memory and an HD that's
almost TWICE as fast (19ms as opposed to 28).  They come to about the same
price.  The 1084 retails for $399.  Now add something like the Mimetics board
for $750, and an AmigaNET starter package for about $650.  What about
software?  Get Sculpt/Animate 4D for the Amiga, at about $400.  Sculpt 3d for
the Mac is $1500...that's WITHOUT any animation features!  And these are all
retail prices, which means that you can probubly get them a helluva lot
cheaper in the real-world...If you want a Mac so bad, and can't think of
anything better to spend your money on, get one...at least then we won't have
to listen to you bitch.
 
Sean
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