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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: Educational Prices
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Date: Sun, 5 May 1991 01:47:45 GMT

In article <91124.202253DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu> DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>In article <1991May4.195627.4389@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>,
>es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) says:
>
>>        The 2500 costs more because it has so much expansion.
>
>There you go again with your unfounded "expansion slots are expensive"
>theory. :-) Look, you can get AT motherboards with heaps of slots for
>$80. For case/power supply add $100. That's quantity one from some
>small clone outfit. There are a few valid reasons for not having
>expansion:

	Ok! Then you explain it! 8-) Everything else about the
3000 is either the same or better, yet the 2500 costs more. That
leaves expandability. It does cost MORE. I'm not saying how much
more, but I don't think it unreasonable to say $50. The 2000 has
9 slots and three drive bays, including a 5 1/4". The 3000 has 5
clots and three drive bays. The 2000 is also much larger and I
believe has a stronger power supply.

	In the end, that costs SOMETHING, the question is what it
is.


>And anyway, the 3000 is probably more expandible than the 2000, all things
>considered.
>
	You can't add as much to the 3000 as to the 2000, but
certainly the 3000 does start further in front.

>-- Dan Babcock


	-- Ethan

"Brain! Brain! What is Brain?"