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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: not good news
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Date: 17 Oct 90 13:28:35 GMT
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ragg0270@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard Alan Gerber) writes:

>OK. Here's what I saw on the news wire:
>Mac Classic $999. 9-in BW screen. 68000 processor.
>Mac LC $3,098. 68020 processor. 2 Meg RAM. Hard Disk. Color capabilities.
>Mac IIsi. $3,769. 68030 processor. 2 Meg RAM. 80 Meg HD.

About the only one that comes close to competing with the Amiga is the last
one, the Mac IIsi at $3769. It seems comparable to the list price of the
16Mhz Amiga 3000. And it has about the same features. The hard drive is
larger though (But is it SCSI?). What kind of graphics resolution and colors
do you get with it? Does it include the monitor?

The Mac Classic is a joke. Who wants to pay $1000 for an old B&W Mac?
It's sounds like it's basically a renamed Mac +. The 500 beats it hands down.
They should be selling the Classic for about $400.

I can't comment too much on the Mac LC, because I don't remember what the list
price of the Amiga 2500/20 is for comparison. Can you still buy a 68020 based
Amiga? Most people would probably just go ahead and buy a 2500/30 or a 3000
nowadays.

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