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From: benoni@ssc-vax.UUCP (Charles L Ditzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: A/UX cost
Message-ID: <1679@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 18 Feb 88 02:49:41 GMT
References: <8659@allegra.UUCP>
Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA
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In article <8659@allegra.UUCP#, mailnews@allegra.UUCP (Henry Kautz's mailnews program) writes:
# Mac II
# cpu,4MB,80disk+unix,PMMU	8400
# external 80MB disk		3200
# ethertalk card			 700
# 4MB memory (8 total)		1200
# 19" 3rd party mono. monitor	2000
# tape backup (40MB)		1500
# TOTAL		$17,000
Does the Mac show up with 4 bitplanes or eight?
The Sun 3/60 comes in with 8.

# Sun 
# 3/50 with 4MB Ram, 144MB disk, tape backup (60MB), mono monitor = $11,500
# 3/60 with 8MB Ram, 144MB disk, tape backup (60MB), mono monitor = $16,400

And after it all said and done, the Sun's with DMA winds up faster
and can run NeWS (which is a real win).  And I would pick a
user configurable (icon-based) desktop with user configurable menus
any day (i'm talking about Suntools/SunView)...plus running under NeWS 
you get it all ... NeWS,SunView and X (soon SunView II).