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From: isbell@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Art Isbell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: NeXT prices at CU
Summary: requesting price comparison
Keywords: price
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Date: 1 Jun 89 23:23:52 GMT
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Reply-To: isbell@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Art Isbell)
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	CU has finally signed a support agreement with NeXT and is now offering
cubes to students.  That's the good news........the bad news is the price list:

	basic system				7,385
		(cube with 8M RAM +
		 MegaPixel display +
		 keyboard + mouse +
		 flopty + software)

	scholar's system			9,659
		(basic + printer)

	advanced system				9,659
		(basic + 330M h.d.)

	developer's system			14,200
		(scholar's + 660M h.d.)

	server system				15,340
		(basic + 8M RAM + 660M h.d.)

	printer					2,275

	4M RAM					1,705

	330M h.d.				2,275

	660M h.d.				4,545

These prices do not include sales tax, but do include shipping.

	Being one of those students whom I thought NeXT was targeting, I had
planned on purchasing a NeXT, but because NeXT has denied me registered
developer status, I must purchase through CU at these prices.  At present, the
only overhead I can see is the support CU has agreed to provide during the
warranty period.  They have no demo machines, no literature, only a one-page
price list standing in a rack in the bookstore computer sales outlet.  The
mark-up they are charging would easily pay for the developer's programming course
offered by NeXT.  I have been effectively priced out of the NeXT market.

	Having read this newsgroup for several months, I get the feeling that
these prices are on the high end of the range of prices offered by universities
around the country.  Because this is just a feeling I have, I would like to
compile a price list for NeXT systems and peripherals at as many universities as
possible.  If you have this information for your university, please email it to
me and I will post a summary.

	Thanks in advance,

Art Isbell

isbell@tigger.colorado.edu