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- From: sschaem@teleport.com (Stephan Schaem)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Walker vs. the $999 7200/75 w/4xCD!
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Date: 3 Apr 1996 02:23:45 GMT
- Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016
- Message-ID: <4jsnfh$vv@nadine.teleport.com>
- References: <1996Mar26.121829.53605@cobra.uni.edu>
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- 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..
-
- : Today, the PowerMac 7200/75 8/500/4xcd is $999(official)!! 3 PCI, memory and
- : Vram slots for $999! The 7200 does more...costs less...
-
- I will go with a unix workstation anyday... mac HW is crap, aside their
- latest top of the line. But then they are close to 5000$ a pop... but
- even then the OS is still lame...
- For ~1500$ you get a 'stunning' PC HW configuration, that you can
- actualy upgrade!
-
- 8meg is 120$, 4x cdrom is 30$... I like to buy my system device/memory
- myself. Like "should I save $ and stay with EIDE, or spend 120$ to get
- a risc based PCI ultra fast scsi3 card?".
-
- BTW, you can buy good loaded PC for ~500$.
-
- Stephan
-