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- From: rcronh@wsres1.info.win.tue.nl (Ron Helwig)
- Newsgroups: comp.misc
- Subject: Why are computers so expensive in Europe???????????
- Keywords: computers, sgi
- Message-ID: <3756@svin02.info.win.tue.nl>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 08:23:18 GMT
- Sender: news@svin02.info.win.tue.nl
- Reply-To: rcronh@info.win.tue.nl
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- Hi there,
-
- In BYTE Magazine (July 1992 issue), there is an article about the new
- R4000-based Crimson systems. The article ends with the following
- `FACTS':
-
- Crimson/VGXT, 128 MB of RAM
- 780 MB disk space
-
- $ 110,900
-
- (I don't know if any taxes should be added to this price)
-
- Recently, I have received the following quote from our Dutch SGI
- distributor:
-
- Crimson/VGX, 128 MB of RAM
- 1,6 GB disk space
-
- $ 198,200 (1 $ = Dfl. 1.80)
-
- Local taxes (called BTW), as well as a 30% educational discount are
- included in this quote.
-
- Clearly, the quote from BYTE is much better:
-
- Pro: VGXT vs. VGX graphics
- $ 110,900 vs. $ 198,200 (local taxes ?)
-
- Con: 780 MB disk vs. 1,6 GB disk
- (the 1,6 GB disk costs $ 10,800)
-
- I suppose that the quote I got is comparable to any quote one would get
- in Europe. The question arrises why there is such a big difference in
- pricing between both continents.
- I suppose the same differences occur when one compares the pricing of
- SUNs, HP-stations, IBM RS/6000 etc. in Europe and the US.
-
- Thanks for any suggestions,
-
- Ron Helwig
-
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