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From: csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Tandy Flamage
Message-ID: <391@mit-vax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 14:28:07 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 16 14:28:07 1985
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In article <480@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> tecot@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Edward Tecot) writes:
>No, instead, they pay $2000 for $400 worth of parts that they can't use
			^^^^ $1000	
							color
>as a computer until they spend $1000 more on things like a monitor,
						           ^
>a monitor board.  BTW, there is more than $400 worth of parts in the Mac;
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ wrong
>assuming that you pay the best wholesale prices at quantity one; just the
>drive, picture tube, power supply, and memory alone, you would be hard pressed
>to get at under $600.  

Please explain how Apple gets them for $350 (including casing hardware).

Anyway, *I'd* rather have a Mac than a Tandy, too. Just not at the price
they charge.


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Charles Forsythe
CSDF@MIT-VAX
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