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From: dtiberio@csserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: A3000UX at UniForum?
Message-ID: <1991Feb7.224454.23301@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
Date: 7 Feb 91 22:44:54 GMT
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In article <7498@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) writes:
>In article <1991Feb6.005537.7551@Neon.Stanford.EDU> torrie@cs.stanford.edu (The Ghost Who Walks) writes:
>>es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>
>	$4274 for individuals, $3724 for institutions.
>
>	But note that the NeXT prices are higher too unless your institution
>buys them in quantity and resells them (a process that NeXT encourages).  We
>can buy NeXTstations (8 MB RAM, 100 MB disk, ethernet) for $3,220, but only
>because a nearby university bought hundreds and is reselling them.  Not
>bad at all.
>	But on the other hand, a NeXT with a disk this small is useless to
>me.  (On the other hand, a 100 MB Amiga is very usable.)  If you want a
>bigger disk, the price jumps to $4,888 (340 MB).  And you can't upgrade the
>RAM -- you have to throw out the RAM you have and replace it with bigger
>chips.  (Amiga allows 18 MB on the motherboard, and can address 1.7 GB RAM.)
>
>>  Does this include a 1100 x 800 17" grayscale monitor?
>
>	No, an 800x600 14" color multisync monitor.  And you don't have to
>buy the monitor if you want a bigger one.  Want color on a NeXT?  Price
>jumps to $5,587 and your disk shrinks to 100 MB again.  If you want both
>color and disk, it jumps to $7,683.  These prices are ALL educational
>discount prices from a bulk institutional purchase.
>
  Yeah, and I heard that NeXT charges $100 more for the surge protector,
$250 for the mechanical mouse, and $80 for a mouse pad! (Just a Montgomery
Grant joke). :)