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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New MAC systems.
Message-ID: <3412@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 19 Oct 90 15:26:34 GMT
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rjc@wookumz.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:

>|   The other two systems are quite interesting.  The MAC IISI comes with
>|a 68030 running at 20Mhz (no FPU, though),the now-standard color video
>|(256 colors out of 16 Million, 640x480 non-interlaced resolution), 2MB
>|of RAM, a 40MB hard drive, the SuperDrive, and keyboard.  The retail 
>|price of this system is $3800, which is surprisingly close to the
>|retail price of the A3000/25-50.  

>  The Mac IIsi is no comparision against the A3000/25-50. No FPU, non
>-multitasking, 20mhz 68030, and 1 expansion slot.
> And it costs $800 more than the A3000 does. The A3000 has 640x480
>non interlaced, and it also has 1280x400, 640x960,etc. 256 colors out
>of 16 million is nothing, this is nothing more than VGA,Mac style.

Hey! you are comparing Amiga 3000 Educational costs against the list
price of the Macs!  I think the Amiga's are still a better deal too, but
let's be honest and compare apples to apples. Or would that be apples to amigas?
Look here are the list prices for the Amiga 3000 systems. 
Note they include amigavision and a multisync monitor, which
you don't get with the new Macs, ( but I do think you get hypercard, so
the only big difference will be how much extra you have to pay for the
monitor on the Mac deals)

[all in $US]
Amiga 3000/16-50  List $4098
Amiga 3000/25-50  List $4798
Amiga 3000/25-100 List $5798

You can figure that a multi-sync monitor will cost around $500, so either
deduct ~$500 from the list prices of the Amigas, or add ~$500 to the cost
of the Macs. Dont forget that the Macs don't have FPU's. So let's see...
The new Mac IIsi would cost around $4300 with a monitor. The Amiga 3000/25-50
costs $4798. So the Mac system will cost $498 less than the Amiga system.
But it's slower (20Mhz vs. 25Mhz) and it has no FPU. To me that makes up
for the $498 difference in price. But if CBM suddenly felt a little pressure
to lower their list prices, then I wouldn't complain.


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