Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site ea.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ea!mwm From: mwm@ea.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Data General Overpriced! Message-ID: <7100033@ea.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Nov-84 12:19:00 EST Article-I.D.: ea.7100033 Posted: Fri Nov 16 12:19:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Nov-84 03:25:09 EST References: <22300004@uok.UUCP> Lines: 14 Nf-ID: #R:uok:22300004:ea:7100033:000:635 Nf-From: ea!mwm Nov 16 11:19:00 1984 Overpriced? Considering the cost/power of other laptops, like the RS-100? I'd say that a factor of 2-3 for a laptop over the cost of a similar desktops was quite reasonable. After all, RS is charging nearly a factor of 10, and their price is in line with other similar models. The Geneva may be a different story, though. You've got to remember, it costs *money* to get that much machine into that little space. And I'll bet that 80x25 LCD screens aren't cheap, either. Me, I'll wait until they come out with a hard disk, and start showing up with mail-order price breaks. Or maybe until somebody puts a 68K in a similar box.