Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!mcgill-vision!bloom-beacon!snorkelwacker!think!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!gt0t+ From: gt0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gregory Ross Thompson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Macintoshes, and the GS Message-ID: Date: 7 Feb 90 03:50:23 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 23 Well, I found out something that interested me this afternoon. While strolling through the University Computing Center, I passed the Computer Store. I looked in the window and saw a sign with new info on it. So out of mild interest, I walked up to the sign/poster and read it. There was a little piece of paper that said: "APPLE DROPS PRICE ON MAC + AND MAC SE's" So I looked at the prices... Guess what? I can get a Mac + for under $900. Isn't that sick? That's how much just the GS's CPU costs without a drive or monitor. $900 for the computer, keyboard, monitor, drive, the whole package. I'm disgusted. I would give you the discounted university price for a GS, BUT THE STORE WON'T SELL GS'S. They say "Our contract with Apple is for the Mac series only". I'm really peeved... I can handle the MPW Dynamo and GS cross compiler, etc, because it's true. You can develop faster on a Mac than on a II. But the fact that I can get a full Mac+ system for less than a bare bones GS system really upsets me. Oh well... Hopefully with the introduction of ROM 04 and System 6, people will begin developing more for the GS now. -Greg T. BTW: Is System 6 still planned to be released on Feb 14th?