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From: perley@caesar (Donald P Perley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Comments about the Classic.
Message-ID: <13059@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>
Date: 24 Oct 90 17:43:17 GMT
References: <34316@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <1990Oct23.141531.24732@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
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In-reply-to: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)

In article <1990Oct23.141531.24732@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, es1@cunixb (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>In article <34316@nigel.ee.udel.edu> fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes:
>>You made a big mistake; the McClassic comes with ONE floppy and ONE meg of
>>RAM for $1000; a hard drive and another meg (making it at least a usable
>>machine) bring the cost up to about $1500 list, which is about what you'd
>>pay for a 2 meg HD A500.
>>
>	Why is it that so many people here are unable to
>distinguish the concepts of list price and selling price? 

> The $1,500 classic sells for $1,171 on educational here
>at Columbia.

I would rephrase that... Why is it that so many people here are unable
to distinguish the concepts of educational price and "normal" selling
price?

Great, you are a student (or faculty).. Apple will give you a deal..

Please don't act like that is a price that anyone can get. 

Based on local conditions, Amigas are easier to get a discount on than
Macs.  I imagine even more so if the Mac is a new model.  For ME, and 
a lot of other people, comparing a moderately discounted amiga price to
Mac's list price is the realistic thing to do.

I suppose I could get some student to buy one for me, but then I might as
well use only pirated software too.

I guess I'm just stuck in the middle.  I don't qualify for an
educational discount. Even though I make a significant amount of money
using my home computer, I can't adequately certify that I would lose
my job without it, so I don't get any tax breaks from it either.

-don perley



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