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From: sumacc@uwmacc.UUCP (Rick Keir)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Survey on Future Macintosh Architec
Message-ID: <2076@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 2-Apr-86 16:53:23 EST
Article-I.D.: uwmacc.2076
Posted: Wed Apr  2 16:53:23 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 5-Apr-86 06:11:21 EST
References: <245@ccnysci.UUCP> <300003@kran> <457@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU>
Reply-To: sumacc@uwmacc.UUCP (Rick Keir)
Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center
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In article <457@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> hsgj@batcomputer.UUCP (Dan Green) writes:
>While I like the Mac, in going by the pricelists here, a PC-AT with 20megs
>hard disk is ~ $4000, whereas a Mac+ is ~ $2800.  Now if you want megs of
>disk on your mac, you have to shell out another $1200 bringing the total
>to $4000 for a Mac+.  

And going by the pricelists for Apple and IBM sales to UW,
the price for a 20 Mb Mac+ is $2629, while a 30 Mb PC AT is $4166.
(UW doesn't buy the 20 Mb PC AT any longer).

After seeing the price changes which a company rep can make in
a single 60 minute meeting, I have concluded that the list price
and/or the opening price that you are quoted is of interest only
to collectors of historical artifacts;  it serves no other purpose.

This is true of IBM, DEC, almost everyone.  
-- 
Rick Keir -- MicroComputer Information Center, Rm 3130 MACC
1210 West Dayton St/U Wisconsin Madison/Mad WI 53706
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