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From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
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Subject: Re: NeXT concerns
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Date: 29 Jan 89 23:37:43 GMT
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In article <1038@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> asd@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth) writes,
in reply to my Sun/NeXT price comparison:

>Don't forget to tack on the "hidden" charges like support.  A NeXT rep at a
>show here said whoever sold it would have to add on 2-3% or so for the money
>they had to dish out to be able to sell the machines (training, etc).  Not
>that an extra 2-3% is all that much.

Ok.  Add $255 to the $8500 NeXT box, $195 to the $6500 box (that's 3%).
Nothing much changes.

>                                      Was any of those Sun prices with color
>monitors?  Those color monitors aren't cheap.

Nope.  19" Monochrome; the Sun monitors have more pixels, but not even
2 bits of grayscale.  I think the NeXT screen is better, but I suspect that's
a personal issue; some people would probably prefer the larger mono screen.
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Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office
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