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From: rg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rick Francis Golembiewski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: IBM vs AMIGA cost
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Date: 1 Mar 90 21:20:33 GMT
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Organization: Class of '92, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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>Several folk here claim that an equivalently loaded IBM-clone
>system with 40 meg HD, 3 Megs ram, '386 and VGA graphics with
>monitor costs $600-800 less than than the A2500/30 at $3600
>(ed discount price). Is this true?

Humm... Could be, although the best prices I've seen were about:
$1800 25Mhz 386 1MB no HD
$300 40MB HD
$600 VGA monitor & card
say another $200-300 or so for more memory (really depends if there is
space for it on the motherboard, what speed/package it needs)
For a total of $2900  so I guess that you can indeed get a cheaper clone,
but the $3600 A2500/30 also has a 286 bridgeboard so
you get two machines in one, plus you are buying from a fairly large
company instead of a slapped togeather REALLY cheapo clone.  If you
get a 386 from compaq or an actual IBM (gasp) then you'll pay as much,
if not more, looking at a pricelist for CMU's computer store, the
Model 70s go for around $3500 w/o monitor, mouse, DOS etc.  On the Mac
side the IIci w/o monitor, or HD goes for 3600 (ouch!) so the 2500/30
educational prices compare very well with the IIci (which is a 68030
machine running at 25Mhz with graphics built in).   So depending on
what you WANT a clone may be a better deal for you, but don't just
look at price.

-rick Golembiewski (rg20)