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From: zrm@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU (Zigurd R. Mednieks)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Uppity behavior creeping in...
Message-ID: <3057@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU>
Date: Sat, 30-Aug-86 13:44:04 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 30 13:44:04 1986
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Reply-To: zrm@mit-eddie.UUCP (Zigurd R. Mednieks)
Organization: MIT, EE/CS Computer Facilities, Cambridge, MA
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Keywords: Don't forget us po' folk; a bit long

FYI, the value of used Macintoshes is quite high. The Boston Computer
Exchange publishes the week's prices for a variety of used computers
each week in the Boston Bussiness Journal. These people broker a lot
of machines and their prices pretty accurately reflect market
conditions in major US cities (they broker all sizes of systems
worldwide). 

This week, the prices are: Mac+ ~$1900; Mac 512k w/ 400k drive ~$1300;
Mac 128k ~$900. The price for the Mac+ is probably the least reliable
since the market for used ones is so tight.

This helps the po' folks selling their used equipement, keeps the
price of upgrades low becuase they have to compete against trade-ups,
and is something to show MIS directors to point out that the lifecycle
cost of a Macintosh is very low becuase of the good used value
compared with IBM PCs.

Happy hacking,
-Zigurd

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Zigurd Mednieks
MURSU Corporation, P.O. Box 1894, Cambridge, MA 02138, (617) 522-9035