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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: NeXT comment
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Date: 12 Mar 91 17:42:31 GMT
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                               Previous       New
                                 SRP          SRP       $ Change    % Change
 
Macintosh IIfx (4MB/floppy)     $8,969      $7,369      - $1,600       -18.0
Macintosh IIfx (4MB/80HD)       $9,869      $8,069      - $1,800       -18.0
Macintosh IIfx (4MB/160HD)     $10,969      $8,669      - $2,300       -21.0
Macintosh IIci (5MB/floppy)     $5,969      $5,269        - $700       -12.0
Macintosh IIci (5MB/80HD)       $6,669      $5,969        - $700       -10.0
Macintosh SE/30 (1MB/40HD)      $4,369      $3,369      - $1,000       -23.0
Macintosh SE/30 (4MB/80HD)      $5,569      $3,869      - $1,700       -31.0
 
Personal LaserWriter NT         $3,299      $2,599        - $700       -21.0
LaserWriter IINT                $4,499      $3,999        - $500       -11.0
LaserWriter IINTX               $5,999      $4,999      - $1,000       -16.0


I guess these new prices mean Mac users can now say $4995 for a 68040
NeXT is too much.  I never realized that Apple's prices were so high.
Notice the previous price of a 4MB/80HD SE/30.  

The NeXT bomb comes when Apple releases their 040 machine with builtin
ethernet.

-Mike