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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
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Subject: Re: Low cost Mac's ?
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Date: 17 Aug 90 13:56:06 GMT
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In article <3965@crash.cts.com> pkovac@pro-truckstop.cts.com (Peter Kovac) writes:
>In-Reply-To: message from boris@world.std.com
>
>>At these prices, Macs seem a lot more competitive
>
>Take a Mac Classic at $2000, take off 30% and you have a $1400 machine (if I
>can do math).  For $1300 you can get a 20Mhz 386 with more slots, 1 meg of
>RAM, a drive, monochrome monitor, and keyboard.  That's enough to bury the Mac
>Classic.  If the Mac Classic is similar to the SE or Plus, the $500-$700 price
>range would be best.  After all, an IBM XT clone costs around $400 and an AT
>clone is about $700.

You are comparing Apples to clones here, and I think it has been made clear
that that is not a valid comparison.  If you want to compare, you have to do
Apple to IBM.
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