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- From: kraemer@clri6a.gsi.de (Michael Kraemer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: High-end Amiga PRICES, PowerPC
- Date: 28 Jan 1996 20:16:52 GMT
- Organization: Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
- Message-ID: <4egljk$13ud@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de>
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- To: Jeff Bender <bender@engr.orst.edu>
-
- In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.960127152529.9354A-100000@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU>, Jeff Bender <bender@engr.orst.edu> writes:
- >
- > On 26 Jan 1996, Michael Kraemer wrote:
- > > Of course the A4000 is a wee bit expensive. On the other hand the 586 you
- > > mention doesn't impress me at all. With 8MB you can't do much beyond
- > > booting those bloated PC OSs. The monitor is probably a cheap crap 14".
- > > HD and CD are probably the cheapest crap IDE drives instead of expandable SCSI.
- > > And don't forget: according to a recent report in a german PC mag even
- > > brand name PCs (Compaq et al) have a failure rate of 40% within the first
- > > 6 months, ESCOM (!) PCs even 60% ! Mostly monitor or HD. I find this incredible !
- >
- > > My A3000 I bought 3 years ago was DM 4000,- ($2700) and I never ever had any
- > > trouble with it although I use it nearly daily.
- >
- > Are they that much more expensive in Europe? I paid $1199 for my 3000T
- > (030/5MB/240MB) in March 1993..
- >
-
- Yes, in general computers are more expensive her.
- To be more precise, I bought my A3000 in summer '92 (which is over 3 years ago),
- shortly before the A4000 came out. You bought yours after the A4000 came out,
- that might explain part of the difference.
-