Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!gargoyle!ddsw1!corpane!sparks From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: IBM vs AMIGA cost Message-ID: <1590@corpane.UUCP> Date: 12 Mar 90 21:23:41 GMT References: <5527@ur-cc.UUCP> <4251@vaxwaller.UUCP> <4422@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> <4254@vaxwaller.UUCP> Organization: Corpane Industries, Inc., Louisville Ky Lines: 61 richc@vaxwaller.UUCP (Rich Commins) writes: >No I'm comparing this to my AMIGA 1000. > Four years ago AMIGA Today IBM > -------------------- --------- > $2500 AMIGA system $2400 IBM 80386 with 80387 co-processor > $ 500 Monitor (Sony) $ 600 Monitor NEC 3D > $1000 20Meg harddisk $ 500 65 Meg Harddisk 28msec > $ 700 2Meg memory $ 400 4 Megs of 80ns memory > ----- ------ > $4700 $3800 > + $$$$$ for software + $$$$$ for software WHAT? $2500 for an amiga 1000? Boy do I have some land in Florida I want to sell you! The Amiga 1000 was selling for $1295 four years ago. I paid $795 for mine (educational discount) but most places were selling them for around $1000. So your price should have been $3495. But you have to realize that back then the 386 did not exist. The comparable system would have been a 80286. The Amiga 1000 was new technology back then. And the 80286 would have ran you around $5000 or $6000 for an EGA system with 1 meg of memory. > Four years ago a dollar was worth more! Ha! Every year your dollar buys you more and more computing power, not less. Today, you can get your 386 system for less than a 286 system cost in 1986. And you can buy an your Amiga system (except you get an Amiga 2000, with slots) for about this: Amiga 2000 -- $1600 20 meg drive/2091 $ 500 2 meg memory $ 160 multisync monitor $ 400 -------------------------- Total $2660 So compare that to the IBM system. And remember, it's not IBM, it's just a clone. You go out and buy IBM and it's gonna run you around $10,000 for the same system. I have seen the Amiga 2500 (68020 with 40meg hard drive and 2 meg 32 bit mem) for $3300. Add in $400 for a multisync monitor and you still come out ahead of your IBM clone system. I just wanted to correct you on misleading prices. If you want to know the truth, you CAN get a clone cheaper than an equivelent Amiga system. That's because of the extreme numbers of clone makers out there. Volume means lower prices. I bet with a little research you could get a 386 machine and monitor for about $3000. But don't go inflating the Amiga prices to make them look worse. -- John Sparks | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 1200bps. Accessable via Starlink (Louisville KY) sparks@corpane.UUCP <><><><><><><><><><><> D.I.S.K. ph:502/968-5401 thru -5406 A virtuous life is its own punishment.