Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!enea!pvab!robert
From: robert@pvab.UUCP (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: wanted: Sun 386 Workstation (Road Runner) info
Message-ID: <231@pvab.UUCP>
Date: 16 May 88 07:05:32 GMT
References: <226@pvab.UUCP> <1925@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Organization: Statskonsult Programvaruhuset AB, Sweden
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In article <1925@ssc-vax.UUCP>, benoni@ssc-vax.UUCP (Charles L Ditzel) writes:

> Hmm...I think you have it backwards.  The 386i adds alot of 
> MS-DOS software (yes I know about co-processors - co-processors
> are an additional expense and lack an AT-bus) to the Sun line.

> A week or so ago PCWeek had an interesting comparison of 
> Sun 386i-Compaq 386-PS/2 machines, price-wise the Sun won hands down.  
> (Not to mention that the overall Sun environment has a number of software 
> features missing in the other two machines)

> I guess to answer your question : *anyone* considering buying a 386 Compaq
> or PS/2 OR Mac II/AUX are probably easy sales given the pricey-ness of
> all three when comparably configured.

I have seen and used the machine myself, and I liked it a lot.
It was just the price tag that made me wonder who could justify to
purchase a Sun386i instead of one of those Taiwanese Compaq 386 clones?
Especially for those who don't need the all software that Sun ships their
machine with (and that is probably true for most of the to-be
customers).

BTW, what PCWeek issue was that comparison in?