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From: gaynor@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Low cost Mac's ?
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Date: 16 Aug 90 12:38:50 GMT
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In article <1990Aug15.185500.19276@phri.nyu.edu> roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes:
>gaynor@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor) writes:
>>> MAC Classic  (Yeah, right...)
>>> Basically replaces Mac Plus and Mac SE......$2000
>[...]
>> Mac Plus			$1799
>	Well, it seems to me that if the SRLP of the current low-end Mac is
>$1800 and the SRLP of the new low-end Mac is $2000, one way or another, it
>will probably end up being more expensive to get a low-end Mac.

	Note that the prices that have "leaked out" for the Classic,
LC, and IIsi are for 2 meg RAM, 40 Meg HD configurations.  Add an
extra 1 Mb, a 40 Mb HD, and an expansion slot to a Plus and your added
around $500 to the price.  That makes it $2300 for the Plus, and still
$2000 for the Classic - with the same configuration.  Not bad, Apple.

>> I don't know what current "Street" prices are, but I've seen
>> the Plus selling for as low as $899 via retailers.
>
>	Tell me where!  The best non-educational resale price here in New
>York for a Plus is currently hovering at about $1050.

	Poor guy.  I'm in Columbus, Ohio.  MicroCenter, the largest
local retailer, is asking close to what you've just said.  But
Heath-Zenith runs a little store out on the NE side of Columbus, and
it's probably one of the best-kept secrets of retail computing in the
city.  The best prices (including the $899 Plus), best service
department in the MidWest (rated as such), and knowledgable
salespeople <gasp!>.  Authorized dealers, even.  Great store.

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