Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!dptg!mtuni!psu
From: psu@mtuni.ATT.COM (Paul Siu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: IBM vs AMIGA cost
Message-ID: <2841@mtuni.ATT.COM>
Date: 2 Mar 90 16:30:10 GMT
References: <5527@ur-cc.UUCP>
Reply-To: psu@mtuni.ATT.COM (Paul Siu)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Middletown, NJ, USA
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In article <5527@ur-cc.UUCP> jea@cvs.rochester.edu (Joanne Albano) writes:
>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?

Yes, if you look at ads for Gateway 2000 PC, for example, you can buy a 20MHZ
80386 PC with 4Meg of RAM, 2 floppy drive, 65Meg hard drive, 16-bit VGA card,
and monitor for $2795.  Prices on the PC market is always very competitive.