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From: hsgj@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Dan Green)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Survey on Future Macintosh Architec
Message-ID: <457@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU>
Date: Tue, 1-Apr-86 23:03:38 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  1 23:03:38 1986
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The previous poster mentioned that the business community was conservative
(and stupid) because business people would rather get a PC-AT then a Mac +.
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+.  Hence PC-AT with 20 megs and Mac+ with 20megs are price
comparible.  Considering that many businesses already have data in Lotus
or WordStar format, it makes sense for them to use a PC-AT where they
can still use their data without buying new software.
   Perhaps this discussion is futile as some people love PC's and others
love Macs.  However I could not sit idle while someone accused the generic
"business community" of being dumb.
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