Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cs.columbia.edu!carson From: carson@cs.columbia.edu (Carson A. Gaspar) Subject: Re: Amiga 3000 trade up offer In-Reply-To: don@brahms.udel.edu's message of 29 Apr 91 22:15:45 GMT Message-ID: Sender: news@cs.columbia.edu (The Daily News) Organization: Columbia University Computer Science References: <2599@public.BTR.COM> <1991Apr29.064832.9865@disk.uucp> <20944@brahms.udel.edu> Distribution: na Date: 1 May 91 00:12:48 I just want to quote some figures to support the claim that Commodore's pricing structure is way out of line, especially for educational and developer pricing. In article <20944@brahms.udel.edu> don@brahms.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd) writes: >valentin@public.BTR.COM (Valentin Pepelea) writes: >>A3000 16Mhz 2Mb 50MB hard $1850 >> 25MHz 2Mb 50MB hard $2250 >> 25Mhz 5Mb 100Mb hard $3200 >> 25Mhz 5Mb 200Mb hard $3650 > >Just wondering, why is there a 1000$ difference between a 100mb with 5 megs >and a 50mb with 2 megs? Isn't that a bit ridiculous? [Comments about quality of parts, etc. deleted] 80-ns 1Mx4 SCRAMs go for ~$35 each in quantities _I_ can buy - Commodore had _better_ be getting better prices than this. This gives a price of $280/4MB. The Quantum Prodrive 105S goes for $385 (The LPS 105S 1" drive is the same price). Again, I assume Commodore can get at least that price, if not better (Come on - these prices are Quantity 1). That means that for $2915, I can put together a 25 MHz A3000 with 150 MB of HD and 6 MB of RAM (moving the FAST to CHIP). That's 50 MB of HD and 1 MB of RAM more than C='s system, all for a savings of $285. Similarly, I can add a Quantum Prodrive 210S ($740) and get a system with 250 MB of HD / 6 MB of RAM for $3270, $380 cheaper than C='s price for less. Personally, I'd sell the 50MB Quantum and buy more RAM. Let's see, get $150 for the 50 MB Quantum (reasonable, esp. new) --- That would give me a 25 MHz 3000 with 14 MB of RAM and a 200 MB HD for $3680. Only $30 over C='s price and I've gotten an extra 8 MB of RAM. Nice. -- Carson Gaspar | BIX: cgaspar carson@close.cs.columbia.edu