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From: tecot@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Edward Tecot)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Tandy flamage
Message-ID: <481@cmu-cs-k.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 22:35:34 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 18 22:35:34 1985
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>>...
>>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).

Please note I said quantity one.  Apple buys at quantity 10000 and
higher.  At these quantities, the parts in a Tandy 2000 are worth about
$150.  Regardless of who you deal with (especially Tandy), expect to
pay at least 4 times the original cost.

						_emt