Path: utzoo!censor!geac!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!mintaka!geech.ai.mit.edu!rjc From: rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: A3000UX at UniForum? Message-ID: <1991Feb5.173151.12089@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Date: 5 Feb 91 17:31:51 GMT Article-I.D.: mintaka.1991Feb5.173151.12089 References: <4644@mindlink.UUCP> <1991Feb1.160317.27931@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <7709@sugar.hackercorp.com> Sender: daemon@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu (Lucifer Maleficius) Organization: None Lines: 24 In article <7709@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article <1991Feb1.160317.27931@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> griffin@eecae.uucp (Danny Griffin) writes: >> Commodore will offer 2 models of the machine. The 3000UX-B, which retails >> for $5499, comes with 4 MB of fast RAM and a 100- MB hard drive. THe >> 3000UX-D, priced at $6999, comes with 8 MB of fast RAM and a 200-MB hard >> drive. > >OK, everyone who was telling me "sure, it'll be priced to beat the NeXT"... >how are they gonna sell this sucker at this price point? Maybe its because those are LIST prices. Everytime someone compares the A3000 to the NeXT, they always compare the 040 NeXT to the 030 Amiga, and the EDUCATIONAL price of the NeXT to the LIST price of the Amiga! Talk about an unfair comparision.... Besides, I believe Howard Diamond posted the A3000UX-B costs below $4000 for institutions. Remember, when comparing the NeXT, the A3000UX not only gives you ATT UNIX, it also gives you Amiga/AmigaDOS/Color and all those awesome games! 2 Machines in 1. I don't wish to start another NeXT vs Amy war (the last one lasted for months!) I just want to point out, if you compare the NeXT, use a model that has an 030, some color, and the ability to expand! >-- >Peter da Silva. `-_-' >.