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From: gaynor@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor)
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Subject: Re: New SE/30 educational price?
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Date: 13 Mar 91 13:42:17 GMT
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In article <231b3679.668812396@fergvax> 231b3679@fergvax.unl.edu (Mike Gleason) writes:

>Did Apple drop the price of the educational discount SE/30 as much as
>the retail price?  I am a desperate student in need of an '030
>machine, and if they price the SE/30 around $1300 (barebones; small or
>no hard disk, little or no RAM), me and other student developers could
>afford to give our MacPlus's the kiss of death.

	Nope.  The SE/30's educational price did -not- change.  If you
keep track of educational -and- retail prices, you'll note that
difference between the SE/30's educational and retail price was far
greater (percent-wise) than any of the other Macs.  The retail price
drop just brings things back into line.

	Besides, if they dropped the SE/30's price considerably, then
it would seriously cut into LC and IIsi sales.  As it is, you can get
an SE/30 2/40, and add on a Micron video card and Apple 13" color
display for just slightly under the price of the IIsi.  Sure, you
don't get the single slot of the IIsi if you go that route (you used
the SE/30's slot for the video, remember?), nor do you get 32-bit
clean ROMs, or the neat-o sound digitizer, but what do you get extra
with this package?

	Two ADB slots (I don't want my mouse plugged into my keyboard)
	Video that uses it's own VRAM (no cycle-swapping)
	Two screens (the 9" B/W and the 13" RGB)
	A "luggable" Mac (detach external 13" monitor)
	A Math Coprocessor (Yay!)

	There's other advantages/disadvantages, but I leave them as an
exercise for the student...

	To return to the point, though, I don't think you're going to
see a -really- inexpensive (~$1500 education) '030 Mac until the SE/30
starts selling at fire-sale prices (flagging impending
discontinuation), and Apple introduces an '030 Classic.

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