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From: ritzenth@bgsuvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: IBM's new System 2 Personal Computers
Message-ID: <779@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Apr-87 20:46:53 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 14 20:46:53 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 19-Apr-87 01:43:07 EST
References: <775@oliveb.UUCP> <535@ima.UUCP>
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Organization: The Land Beneath the Forest Moon of Endor
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Summary: what really is the cost of the PS/2?

In article <535@ima.UUCP>, johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine) writes:
> In article <775@oliveb.UUCP> tslu@oliveb.UUCP (Shang Lu) writes:
> > ...
> >*  The Model 30 is a JOKE !!
> >
> 
> Actually, the model 30 is not a bad little computer.  It lists for $1695,
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> system for under $2000, list, that's twice as fast as a PC.  It should
> immediately be discounted to $1700 or better.  More expensive than a generic
> Korean clone, but you don't need extra cards to get your work done.

Above price is with a monitor . . . yes, you're old monitor will not work now.
And, oh yes, don't forget you need an operating system . . . again old one will
not work . . . 

New operating system? . . . $395.00  manual?  another $200.00 (rumor!)

This is just getting too expensive (a little here, a little there) again!

Now, about the 3 1/2" disks . . . they do have a program for you to transfer
your 5 1/4" floppies to the new medium via the printer port(?), but if you have
as many floppies as I do, WHAT A JOB!!!  Oh, if you want to use your 5 1/4"
floppies, they'll sell you another external drive (more BUCKO's) and take up
one of the measly 3 slots they give you . . . 

For me, no thanks!

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