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- From: tl14@bton.ac.uk (Eddie)
- Subject: Re: Walker vs. the $999 7200/75 w/4xCD!
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- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 09:49:32 GMT
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- karl suhr (ksuhr@unlinfo.unl.edu) wrote:
- : PETER SINCLAIR-DAY (sinclap2954@cobra.uni.edu) wrote:
-
- : : The Amiga has been left behind day after day, month after month and year after
- : : year. The Amiga Walker if it ever reaches the NA shore is to little to late.
- : : The expected price of the Walker is expected at $1,100 or more for an
- : : antiquated slow 030 by 1996 standards..
- ^^^^^^^^ Here we go again !
- I bet that your powerMac can't run the MacOS as efficiently as the Walker will
- run the AmigaOS - in fact I *KNOW* it won't! And yes I know, I use a PowerMac
- at work!
-
- : umm, make that an _estimated_ 1000 DM ($650 US) with (gasp) a
- : keyboard!
- And it looks cool IMHO. I like it anyway. You could put wheels on it and
- funny eyes - and a green wig and .... ;-)
-
- :
-
-
- : : Today, the PowerMac 7200/75 8/500/4xcd is $999(official)!! 3 PCI, memory and
- : : Vram slots for $999! The 7200 does more...costs less...
-
- Where are you getting these prices from???? My Head of Department would be V.
- Interested if you *could* actually get them at this price? Were pushing on
- over 1500 UKp to get a PowerMac 7200 - without monitor, VAT (tax) and at a
- educational discount! Please Peter - where are you getting these prices
- from!??
- As for it doing More - would you like to quantify that statement? Then
- perhaps I will be able to argue that matter! :-)
-
- Joy is having a computer that looks like an old 1950's radio set :-)
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- * Tim Lewis (a.k.a Eddie) * "You think I'm crazy! *
- * * You wouldn't know what crazy was *
- * T.Lewis@bton.ac.uk * if Charles Manson was sitting on *
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