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From: markv@dartvax.UUCP (Mark F. Vita)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Tandy Flamage
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Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 11:11:48 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 19 11:11:48 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.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Charles Forsythe
> CSDF@MIT-VAX
> "Don't get bogged down with details, just eat
>      the stupid peice of paper."
>         -Rev. Wang Zeep


    Just thought I'd throw myself headlong into the fray...
    The following information is from the December 1984 BYTE:

    Tandy Model 2000
       Base Price: $2750
       
    Optional Hardware:
       Monochrome Graphics: $449
       Color-Graphics Chip Kit: $199
       Monochrome Monitor: $249
       Color Monitor: $799
       128K RAM expansion kit: $299
       External 256K expansion board (with 128K): $499

    Some System Prices:
       Monochrome System with 256K, color/graphics capability  $3946
       Color System with 256K                                  $4496


    I think it should be quite clear that whatever reason people have to
buy the Tandy machine over the Macintosh, it isn't to save money.
    Let me also add that *as IBM-type machines go*, the Tandy 2000 is
by far the most impressive that I've seen.  However, IBM "compatibility"
is a curse which I would not wish on anyone.
-- 

                                Mark Vita
                                Dartmouth College

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