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From: jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A3000UX competition
Message-ID: <4165.275e781d@cc.helsinki.fi>
Date: 6 Dec 90 16:55:57 GMT
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In article <12097@hubcap.clemson.edu>, ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (Doug) writes:
> jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi writes:
> 
>>I am not very interested in comparing the 68040 A3000UX until it exists.
> 
>>And as it seems that 68030 A3000UX is about the same price that 68040
>>NeXT it is not difficult to decide which one to take (for me!). There is
>>nothing very special in the A3000UX, after all. (I don't care for a
>>forthcoming "the only right thing" Unix you were talking about.)
> 
> Ah, a few things I want to throw in here (there is a lot of re-hashing)
> 
> 1) What is the end-user price for the NeXT's? (not the devel., ed.)
>    Business will buy the cheapest (hey, its a business, right?)

Gee. I think that the suggested retail price of NeXTStation is $4995.
The educ. price is about $3200. This includes 8MB RAM, 105MB HD,
Megapixel display, etc.

I would really like to know if that $4000 is the EDUCATIONAL or RETAIL
price for A3000UX. If it is educational, I wonder what is the point in
paying nearly $1000 more for a system with 68030 instead of 68040 and
without DSP. I also doubt the Amiga system comes with as good display
than the NeXTs. 

Even if there was a 68040 Amiga for about $3000 educational, I would
still choose NeXT - because of DSP and the wonderful development environment.

					Jouni