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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Price of NEW Macs (for comparison)
Message-ID: <2651@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jul 90 15:02:05 GMT
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es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:

>In article <139326@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) writes:
>>In article <1990Jul19.184108.1055@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>>
>>->>M0028LL/A Macintosh SE Hard Disk 20 CPU.......................... 1089.00
>>
>>Is this less than an A500 w/A590 Hard Disk 20 ? 
>>

>	Of course it is! You aren't considering that the Macs
>COME with the screen built in. And although a color monitor is
>nice for most people (who buy on Educ. Disc.) the Apple
>monochrome is just fine. It DOESN'T flicker and looks very solid.
>The price for an A500 w/1MB, 2 drives, monitor and 20MB is
>$1,369. This makes the Mac $280 cheaper.
>	I'd say that at that price the SE/20 will be the most
>sold Mac (on discount that is). An equivalent Amiga is much more.

Well, whether or not a 9" B&W monitor 'is just fine' or not doesn't mean
that a color monitor is not worth more. And the Educational discount price
for a 20mb amiga 500 system is: $1208 

You get 
Bundle:
A500P CPU (*WITH* keyboard and mouse! and 512K)
1 meg memory
Extra Floppy Drive (two total)
Color Monitor (14" !!)

for $799.

The 20meg drive is $409. Total $1208. 

Now on the Mac, for $1089, you only get ONE floppy drive and a B&W 9" monitor, 
and have to buy the keyboard extra (another $100 bucks or so). 
So your cost will be more like $1189 for the Mac SE/20meg. 

Only $19 diff and you have color and an extra floppy on the amiga.




>	-- Ethan

>Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu

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