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From: bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG)
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Subject: Re: NeXT prices
Keywords: Base and SubBase
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Date: 24 Apr 89 17:46:05 GMT
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In article <8004@pyr.gatech.EDU> isbell@pyr.gatech.EDU ( Charles L. Isbell) writes:
(price list deleted)
>
>But I had heard that NeXT was going to also make a "subBase" available
>that would have 4 Meg instead of 8 Meg (and would be ~4500-5000) instead. 
>Is this true?  If so, I could "afford" a subBase at ~8500-9000.
>If not, well...
>

When folks at NeXT were discussing what kind of machine to release and
for how much, I believe the initial configuration was going to be a
4 meg model.  However, when it was discovered that the OS would have
run only in a limited way in 4 megs, the standard 8 meg configuration
was settled on (NeXT wanted to have all users possess a fully-capable
box; this decision was not unlike the one that mandated that all
machines should have a DSP chip).  I agree that given the recent
dramatic drop in memory prices (you can get 4 megs for about $700),
the $1500 difference in what a 4 megger would have cost and the
current model would make the former a good buy.  Sooner or later,
given the realities of the marketplace, it's certainly conceivable
that you'll see prices drop somewhat on the NeXT workstation (as
well as others).

John Heckendorn


p.s. For those in the Bay Area who are interested, BMUG will have
its first meeting of the NeXT SIG on May 9th at the BMUG offices
in beautiful downtown Berkeley (2150 Kittredge Steet).  Call
(415) 549-2684 for more information.
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