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From: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: ST prices
Message-ID: <491@eneevax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 18-Jan-86 14:16:36 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 18 14:16:36 1986
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In article <14622@rochester.UUCP> ray@rochester.UUCP writes:
>An $800 computer selling for $400 is an inexpensive computer.  And if its' an
>ST, its' one hell of a toy.
>
>A $400 Mack?  Now THAT's an expensive computer!
>Four hundred dollars is what I've heard it costs Apple to make the Mack.
>
>Ray

But don't forget: you also get a monitor and a disk drive for that price.
Quoting different configurations is a good way to become confused (as well
as an unethical but surprisingly effective bargaining weapon against car
dealers...)

-dave

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