Xref: utzoo comp.sys.tandy:1293 comp.sys.ibm.pc:27819 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pasteur!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ncelvax!greg From: greg@ncelvax.UUCP (Greg Ramsey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Is there really no better value? Summary: A Correction Keywords: TANDY PRICES Message-ID: <281@ncelvax.UUCP> Date: 24 Apr 89 17:20:34 GMT References: <1454@csm9a.UUCP> Organization: Naval Civil Engineering Lab, Port Hueneme Lines: 78 In article <1454@csm9a.UUCP>, japplega@csm9a.UUCP (Joe Applegate) writes: > For aproximently $900 the Tandy SL > 8088 - 8 Mhz. > 1 5 1/4" 360K floppy > CGA graphics (ok... expanded CGA... whoopie) > Parallel / Serial ports (Tandy Standard) > 384K Ram > 3.2 (?) Dos IN ROM > DeskMate (which probably should count against it!) IN ROM > To make this a usable computer one needs: > CM-11 CGA Monitor - $399 > upgade to 640K - $189 > 20 Meg HardDisk - $599 > Total System: ~ $2100 > Compare this with: > IBM PS/2 model 30 package: > 8086 - 8 Mhz (8086 has improved throughput over 8088) > VGA!!! Last time I checked didn't the Models 25 & 30 only have MCGA graphics/monitors? Still better than Tandy CGA but not VGA. > Analog Color Monitor > Parallel / Serial ports (industry standard) > 640K Ram > 1 3 1/2" 720K floppy > 20 Meg Internal HD > Dos 4.01 > MS Windows > MS Works > Cost: $1800 This price can often be beat though by watching for sales. Plus I believe IBM is being much more aggresive wit it's academic pricing on the model 30, wheras Tandy will probably give you pretty much the same price in the stores. > Gee... there goes Tandy's value right out the window! > Why........????? > Tandy's peripherals are the most expensive in the industry... they sell their > computers at Kmart prices (and with Kmart quality I might add) and sell their > peripherals like they were Apple! As the husband of a Tandy dealer, we go around and around on just this point. Plus they like to go around putting little changes in their hardware and software so you have to buy ther peripheals and can't use their software on other machines. As an example I tried to boot my true blue with a copy of Tandy's version of MS-DOS and it came up with the error message "Disk bootable only on Tandy 1000 computer" > > Why would anyone but a fool buy Tandy, seeing as how there are so many better > values? Because of their much more intense and superior marketing to people who don't know any better. Greg ___ Greg Ramsey _n_n_n____i_i ________ Naval Civil Engineering Lab (____________I I______I Code L54 805/ /ooOOOO OOOOoo oo oooo Port Hueneme, CA 93043 982-4619 -- ___ Greg Ramsey _n_n_n____i_i ________ Naval Civil Engineering Lab (____________I I______I Code L54 805/ /ooOOOO OOOOoo oo oooo Port Hueneme, CA 93043 982-4619