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From: gig@cs.rit.edu (Gordon I Goodman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Canadian Macs and software for Architects
Keywords: Hardware prices architecture
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Date: 29 Jun 91 03:42:46 GMT
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I am inquiring on behalf of a friend who is a practicing architect in Toronto,
Ontario.  He wants to buy a Mac for his office and showed me some bids that
he had gotten for Mac IIci system with 105 meg hard disks, 4 meg of ram, 
extended keyboard and Apple 13" color monitor.  I was stunned at the prices.
Even taking into account the 15% exchange rate (and not including the Value
Added Tax), the prices seemed very high.  What are the list prices for a system
such as the above in Canada and what are the "street" prices?  Can anyone 
suggest a good source for Macs in the Toronto area?

On a slightly different subject, are there any architects on the net who can
suggest CAD packages for the Mac for 2D and 3D architectural drawings?

Thanks for your help...

Gordon