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- Path: netcom.com!hrlaser
- From: hrlaser@netcom.com (H.R. Laser)
- Subject: Re: Amiga Technology is insulting!!
- Message-ID: <hrlaserDovv52.M71@netcom.com>
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- References: <rdingem.4mq2@grafix.xs4all.nl> <151149@cup.portal.com> <19960326.7B43860.3C27@asd03-06.dial.xs4all.nl>
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 16:29:26 GMT
- Sender: hrlaser@netcom2.netcom.com
-
- Jeroen T. Vermeulen (jtv@xs4all.nl) wrote:
- : In article <151149@cup.portal.com> Gemini2@cup.portal.com (Gary Alan Peake) writes:
- : > >In a message of 18 Mar 96 Marc N. Barrett wrote to All:
-
- : > >MNB> PowerMac 6100s are readily available for less than
- : > >MNB> $1000.
- : > >
- : > >Oh yes, right. Double that price for "somewhere in Europe" if
- : > >you want keyboard & monitor.
- : >
- : > Correct ... his Power Mac is JUST $2499.99 at Best Buy in Houston, Texas!
-
- : Leaving only two possibilities to be considered:
-
- : 1. Marc was lying, or
- : 2. Marc stole his Mac
-
-
- : Meg, sometimes I wonder how you do it!
-
- : --
- : ============================================================================
- : # Jeroen T. Vermeulen \"How are we doing kid?"/ Yes, we use Amigas. #
- : #--- jtv@xs4all.nl ---\"Oh, same as always."/-- ... --#
- : #jvermeul@wi.leidenuniv.nl \ "That bad, huh?" / Got a problem with that? #
-
- Okay.. here's the latest Mac Warehouse catalog. Page 2. Full page
- ad for PowerMac 6100/66.
-
- The text:
- Power Macintosh 6100/66 features:
- - 66mhz Power PC
- - 8 MB RAM
- - 500 MB hard drive
- - Built-in CD-ROM drive
- - eight built-in ports
- - 16 bit stereo sound in/out
- - system 7.5
- - on-board ethernet.
-
- Base price for this machine: $1099.00
- fine print: "monitor and keyboard sold separately"
-
- Below that:
- Apple Extended Keyboard II - $169.95
- Apple Multiscan 1705 Color Display 17" - $799.00
-
- Okay, we don't need an $800 monitor, let's flip to page 29 and see
- what else they have:
-
- 15" Apple monitor - $479
- 14" Apple monitor - $399
-
- Ms. Cashier: ring me up
- 1 computer $1099.00
- 1 keyboard 169.95
- 1 15" tube 479.00
- -------
- $1747.95
-
- Perhaps, as Marc says "PowerMac 6100s are readily available for
- less than $1000."
-
- Of course, he doesn't say where, or whether those are new or
- used. Student discount at a university store? Fine for students.
- Not fine for regular buyers. Then factor in tax and shipping
- from the mail order place. So the bottom line for this system
- is over $1800.00, assuming you buy it (a) new, (b) from
- Mac Warehouse, (c) have it shipped to you.
-
- Harv | "Do you recognize the
- harv@cup.portal.com | Bell of Truth when you
- http://www.portal.com/~harv | hear it ring?"
- hlaser@eworld.com <--- (until 3/31/96) | - Leon Russell
-
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