Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!mace.cc.purdue.edu!asd From: asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT Station & 105Mb Drive Message-ID: <5790@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 17 Oct 90 14:16:45 GMT References: <12628400960018@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <1990Oct17.073123.26043@ecst.csuchico.edu> Distribution: na Organization: Purdue University Lines: 42 Cc: In <1990Oct17.073123.26043@ecst.csuchico.edu> tempest@walleye.uucp (Kenneth K.F. Lui) writes: >>NeXTcube standard $5905.00 >>NeXTcube high-capacity $8490.00 >>NeXTdiminsion standard $10425.00 (105Mb) >>NeXTdiminsion high-capacity $13010.00 (340Mb, 16meg) >>NeXTdiminsion upgrade for NeXTcube $995.00 >First thing I noticed about this post was: >1. The price of the NeXTcube dropped. Is this true? I thought > eduational institutions can sell it for $7995. $7995 is RETAIL price for a min config Cube. >2. The numbers don't add up for NeXTdimension. > NeXTcube standard + NeXTdimension upgrade = $6900!! No, you are not adding them correctly. A NeXTdimension setup includes a $2995 color monitor. NeXTdimension upgrade is just the board. That doesn't look right tho, the $995 price. That looks like the 040 upgrade price. The NeXTdimension board is listed at ALONE $3995 retail in my Fall 90 price list. > NeXTcube high-cap + NeXTdimension upgrade = $9485! Wrong again. You might get a min-cap NeXTdimension cube for under $10,000, but not a higher capacity one. >I say we have a pretty good bargain here--or am I missing >something obvious? The info did not say whether the NeXTcube >high-cap had 8 or 16 MB of RAM...although SIMM prices are not >a major problem these days (~$45 for 1 Megabit X 8 chips @ >70ns is a very good buy). Well, what I remember from the price lists, if you went with the 340MB drive OR the 16MB ram, the price increase was the same or close. And yes, we do get a great bargain with the NeXT. Tis why I'm calling my NeXT guy today and getting my Cube order in! -k