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From: czei@cbdkc1.ATT.COM (Michael Czeiszperger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Printshop
Message-ID: <2651@cbdkc1.ATT.COM>
Date: 30 Dec 87 14:36:14 GMT
References: <2310@k.cc.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: czei@cbdkc1.UUCP (Michael S. Czeiszperger CB 1L334 x4952 ADMIN)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
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In article <2310@k.cc.purdue.edu> ajm@k.cc.purdue.edu (Dan Farmer) writes:
>
>As an IBM-type person myself (please, don't hold it against me, that's all I
>can afford :-))

As a mac owner, I don't really know alot about IBM's, (although I do have
to use IBM's at work because of all the engineering software).  There
seems to be this legend that IBM PC's cost a whole lot less that
comparable macintosh systems, but I've been having a hard time seeing
this justified.  Sure, the plain PC is real cheap (~$700), but it's
supposed to only by an 8 bit machine.  Isn't the AT more comprable
to an SE?  The prices on AT clones seem to be ~$2000, and if you
add in Microsoft windows and a mouse it goes up to ~$2300.  For that
price you could get a Mac Plus and a hard disk, or an SE and some
software.  I really don't see how the AT is a bargain....  Any
comments?  (I purposely didn't post to the ibm.pc board to avoid
pointless arguing)


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