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- From: sinclap2954@cobra.uni.edu (PETER SINCLAIR-DAY)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Amiga Technology is insulting!!
- Message-ID: <1996Mar26.150319.53609@cobra.uni.edu>
- Date: 26 Mar 96 15:03:19 -0600
- References: <rdingem.4mq2@grafix.xs4all.nl> <151149@cup.portal.com> <19960326.7B43860.3C27@asd03-06.dial.xs4all.nl> <hrlaserDovv52.M71@netcom.com>
- Organization: University of Northern Iowa
-
- In article <hrlaserDovv52.M71@netcom.com>, hrlaser@netcom.com (H.R. Laser) writes:
- > 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.
-
- The latest Advertisement from J&R Computing World - an authorized Apple
- reseller lists the 7200/75 for $999..
-
- PowerMacintosh 7200/75 features:
-
- -8 mb ram
- -Apple SuperDrive 1.4MB floppy disk drive
- -Graphics support up to 1,280 x 1,024 pixels
- -Built in floating point processor with 32k cache
- -500MB hard disk drive
- -Quad-speed internal CD-Rom drive
- -16 bit stereo audio I/O
- -3 PCI slots
- -10 Base-T and AAUI Ethernet connectors
-
- Base price for this machine: $999
-
-
-
- >
- > 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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