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From: jeff@ndcheg.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Mac II vs Sun 3/52
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Date: Fri, 13-Mar-87 08:29:37 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 13 08:29:37 1987
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This is my first posting to the Net, so I hope this works.

I recently obtained a copy of the Mac II pricing to schools in the Apple
University Consortium. It seems to me that the Mac II is a very expensive
machine.  It has a lot of advantages, of course, with Mac compatibility, 
graphics and sound. But if what you want is a good Unix machine, then Sun
seems to offer quit a lot more at a lower price.  In quantities of 6, Univ.
can buy Sun 3/52's at less than $8,000 apiece.  That includes 4MB, 71Meg disk, 
60Meg tape, the screen, ethernet, the works.  A similar Mac II would evidently 
cost at least as much, more likely $10-12K.

So is the MacII worth its price?  That's not obvious to me.

Jeffrey C. Kantor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Notre Dame

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