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From: ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: System 7.0 vs. NeXT Step
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Date: 30 Jan 91 22:01:57 GMT
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On 30-Jan-91 in Re: System 7.0 vs. NeXT Step 
user Kevin Kuehl@cs.purdue.ED writes:
>In article <co2G+?1a@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D
Mellinger) write
>s:
>   How much more expensive is the NeXT compared with a IIci or IIfx,
>   anyway?  I haven't seen a price list lately?
> 
>Last price list I saw, the NeXTStation black and white is actually
>cheaper than both the IIci and the IIfx with more software included.
>A color NeXTstation is slightly more expensive than both, but hey a
>16'' Trinitron on either a IIci or a IIfx is going to make it more
>money than a color NeXTstation.
>-- 
>Kevin Kuehl
>krk@cs.purdue.edu
>kuehlkr@mentor.cc.purude.edu

FYI, these are directly from the Carnegie Mellon University price list. 
Draw your own conclusions.

            Mac IIci (1 1.4MB Floppy, no hard drive, 4MB mem)
            3580.00*
            Mac IIci 80/4 (1 1.4MB Floppy, 80MB SCSI, 4MB mem)
            4014.00
            Mac IIfx (1 1.4MB Floppy, no hard drive, 4 MB mem)
            5565.00
            Mac IIfx 80/4 (1 1.4MB Floppy, 80MB SCSI, 4 MB mem)
            6125.00
            Keyboard (Standard)
            88.00
            Keyboard (Extended)
            156.00
            Color Monitor (12")
            408.00*
            Color Monitor (13")
            659.00
            Portrait Monochrome Monitor (15")
            725.00
            Two-Page Monochrome Monitor (21")
            1087.00
            Video Card 4-8
            442.00
            Video Card 8-24
            593.00
            Video Card 8-
            24GC                                       
            1318.00
            Video Card Expansion (8-24GC only)
            374.00
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            NeXTstation - Mono - 8mg RAM, 25MHz 68040 Processor (15 MIPS),
            56001 Digital Signal Processor, 3.5" 2.88mg Floppy Drive,
            104mg Internal Hard Drive, 17" MegaPixel Display (1120x832
            pixels), Thin  & Twisted Pair Ethernet, Keyboard, Mouse and
            Standard Edition Software Package.
            3170.00

            NeXTstation Color - 12mg RAM, 25MHz 68040 Processor (15 MIPS),
            56001 Digital Signal Processor, 3.5" 2.88mg Floppy Drive,
            104mg Internal Hard Drive, 16" MegaPixel Display (1120x832 pixels),
            16 bit Color (4096 Simultaneous Colors), Color Postscript
            Support, Thin  & Twisted Pair Ethernet, Keyboard, Mouse and
            Standard Edition Software Package.
            5500.00