Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!tank!nic.MR.NET!umn-d-ub!rutgers!apple!voder!pyramid!oliveb!amdahl!dlb!plx!stephen From: stephen@plx.UUCP (Stephen Heath ) Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: Schools Requiring Computers Summary: There are better prices!!!! Message-ID: <1366@plx.UUCP> Date: 9 Nov 88 21:52:28 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: Plexus Computers, San Jose, CA. Lines: 41 In article , gary@milo.mcs.clarkson.edu (Gary Levin) writes: > Here at Clarkson, each student is required to purchase a personal > computer. The particular model varies from year to year, but it is > currently a Zenith-200 -- AT-compatible, 512K, 2 floppies (370K & 1.2M), > at a cost of $1800 spread over 4 years ($200 deposit, $200 per semester). > [ deleted text ] > Gary Levin/Dept of Math & CS/Clarkson Univ/Potsdam, NY 13676/(315) 268-2384 > BitNet: gary@clutx Internet: gary@clutx.clarkson.edu Note: $1800 is far too much to charge for an AT computer with the features which you discribed. The school should at least obtain quanitity discounts. Unless their trying to make a healthy profit from the students. Maybe the school is paying a large interest charge for the 4 years in question. It cost me $1350+tax at a local computer store for a 10Mhz 0 wait state system 15 months ago. It included 1meg of memory, herc.monitor+card, parallel port, two 1.2 meg drives and a 20Meg HD, st225 type. Also 1 year parts and labor. The system you mentioned would have been less that $1000 and that includes profit for the retail establishment. Thats is $200 down with $800 in payments to be spread over 4 years/8 payments. Plus interest. With the first payment made with the first tuition bill, then the interest would be applied to the $600. You figure the interest but I figure it at at roughly 54+ percent per year. That is 7 payments, $200 per payment, and $600 that we're making payments on adds up to 27.12% charged every 6 months. (Payments are not made at even 6 month periods but you get the idea. ) |=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=| | | Stephen Heath sun!plx!dyrk!stephen | | |=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=| | | My employer may or may not (dis)agree, or both. | | |=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|