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From: rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future
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Date: Sun, 23 Jun 91 19:34:57 GMT
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In article <1991Jun23.160353.12438@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>In article <1991Jun22.185055.23919@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>, rjc@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:
>>
>>  Marc, the A3000/16 is _cheaper_ than the LC right now. Someone told me
>>the street price of the LC is between $1800-$2200. Well the A3000-16
>>costs $1850 right now, and this certainly outperforms the LC. When
>>the power-up program ends, the A3000-16 will go back to being
>>$2200 still in the price range of the LC.
>
>   Bullshit.  I was comparing list prices.  The "Power Up" program is not
>an official reduction of the list prices of the A3000 systems.  I posted 
>that message a week too early, as the temporary "Power Up" program will be
>over by next Monday.
>
>   The list price of the A2000HD is $2700, and the list price of the MAC LC
>is $2500.  This makes the two systems very comparable.

   And the list price of the A3000/16-50 is $2999 and the LC is NOT
comparable. Nothing ever sells for the list price, and I regard it
as artificial. Commodore could make the A3000-16/50 have a $2799 list price
and it barely dent their profits. I compared the power-up price, because
_so_ many people have the habit here of comparing street prices on other
machines to list prices on the Amiga. 

>   BTW, if you really wish to get in an arguement over special-deal discount
>prices, there is a special program available from Apple in which you can
>get a 25Mhz MAC IICI system with AUX, 100MB hard drive, monitor, and 
>EtherNET for $2500.  A friend of mine bought one, and laughed in my face
>when I showed him the best prices I could get on comparable A3000 systems. 

  Oh yeah, A/UX, boy oh boy, I'm itching to get that. If I had to choose
between A/UX and not having Unix at all, well.... you get the picture.




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