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From: ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: IIci pricing (was Amiga 3000 + AMAX == IIci?)
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Date: 4 Oct 90 05:00:13 GMT
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To get the best price, you have to buy different parts from
different places.  For example, as of about two years ago,
when I was last buying a Mac, the cheapest way to get a Mac II
that was available to me would have been to get the CPU box from
Apple (I work for a developer, so could get developer prices),
but to get the keyboard, monitor, and video card from Caltech (I
knew students who would have been able to get me student prices).

Sometimes even dealers have the best prices.  I've seen one place
selling the Mac Plus for less than developer prices.

						Tim Smith