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From: blissmer@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Kevin)
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Subject: Re: Mac and Amiga (Games--Macintosh vs A500)
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Date: 15 Mar 91 01:56:44 GMT
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>| Color is extra for the Classic. Performance is slow. No animation or sprites.
>|HD is extra.
>|
>|HD is _less_ extra than for the 500.  SCSI is there. A 40 meg is $199 total fo
r the mac.
> They must be some REAL slow HD's. 40mb Quantum's or Fujitsu's which
>are between 11ms and 19ms cost about $400 in bulk.
>
>
If you want a Quantum:
Quantum 40      11ms    $239 including cables and mounting bracket
 
Club-mac 800-CLUBMAC
 
The Mac Market is very competitive thus pricing is low.  Where'd you come
up with $400 for a quantum?  105 meg quantums are $349.