Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: A3000UX at UniForum? Message-ID: <1991Feb9.051934.2195@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 9 Feb 91 05:19:34 GMT References: <1991Feb1.160317.27931@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <7709@sugar.hackercorp.com> <1991Feb5.173151.12089@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX Lines: 32 In article <1991Feb1.160317.27931@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> griffin@eecae.uucp (Danny Griffin) writes: > 3000UX-B, $5499, 4 MB RAM, 100 MB disk > 3000UX-D, $6999, 8 MB RAM, 200 MB disk In article <7709@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > 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? In article <1991Feb5.173151.12089@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes: > Maybe its because those are LIST prices. The NeXTstation lists for $4995. > Everytime someone compares > the A3000 to the NeXT, they always compare the 040 NeXT to the 030 Amiga Because those are the machines they sell. You were happy enough comparing the 68000 Amiga to the 80286 IBM-PC. > , and > the EDUCATIONAL price of the NeXT to the LIST price of the Amiga! The Educational price of the NeXT is $3600. What is the educational price of the Amiga. > Besides, I believe Howard Diamond posted the A3000UX-B costs below $4000 > for institutions. How much below? -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .