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- From: Gemini2@cup.portal.com (Gary Alan Peake)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Amiga Technology is insulting!!
- Date: 28 Mar 1996 08:40:08 -0800
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- Sender: pccop@unix.portal.com
- Message-ID: <151225@cup.portal.com>
- References: <rdingem.4mq2@grafix.xs4all.nl> <151149@cup.portal.com>
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-
- >Jeroen T. Vermeulen (jtv@xs4all.nl) wrote:
- >: In article <151149@cup.portal.com> Gemini2@cup.portal.com (Gary Alan Peake)
- w
- >rites:
- >: > >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
-
- And here's another from Houston, Texas ... Best Buy ad, front page,
- Thursday March 28 ...
-
- Acer
- 100 mhz Pentium
- 1 gig hard drive
- 28.8k internal modem
- 14" VGA monitor
- 1 meg video memory
- Quad CD Rom Drive
- 16 bit sound card
-
- $1799.99
-
- And remember this is an "Acer" brand computer!! Not something that would
- sit on MY desk ... even for $1100.00 (which it ain't!).
-
- Gary Peake "Mystic Meg" Fellow AMIGA Users:
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