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From: paul@athertn.Atherton.COM (Paul Sander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Info on new low-end Mac
Message-ID: <27545@athertn.Atherton.COM>
Date: 21 Jul 90 02:24:33 GMT
References: <46200101@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> <1990Jul19.133752.5611@uunet!unhd>
Reply-To: paul@Atherton.COM (Paul Sander)
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Organization: Atherton Technology, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <1990Jul19.133752.5611@uunet!unhd> ncf@unhd.UUCP (Nick C Fitanides) writes:
>$2100. w/a 40 Meg hard drive?  They must be joking.  That's the student
>discount price on a 16 MHz 3000.  Ha ha ha ha ha ha (hit me please) OUCH!

I've been shopping around for the past few months for a new machine, and I've
been considering the A3000, comparing it with the Mac IIci.  The current
street prices (yes, some of us _do_ visit dealers to buy computers) for the
A3000 (with 100 MB disk) is about $3500 (US), excluding monitor and any
additional accessories and taxes.  A stripped-down Mac IIci also goes for
about $3500; the additional costs to make it "hardware-equivalent" to the
A3000 are:  $100 for 1MB RAM, $1200 for 160 MB disk, $180 for extended
keyboard.  Okay, the Mac is $1480 more expensive than the Amiga, but many
people believe the extra cost is justified because of the increased
availability of quality applications, widespread support, better-informed
dealer staff, etc. etc.  The lower-end Mac-compatible monitors seem to be
competitive in price with those available for the Amiga.

Note:  This is not a flame for or against any machine.  They're just my
observations during my recent visits to the local stores.
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