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- From: ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Macs cost too much (NOT!)
- Message-ID: <92213.143003ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 12:30:03 GMT
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- In article <92212.173645ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET>, <ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET> says:
- >Granted I made the mistake to compare prices of a 486 and performance of
- >a 386. Now with the 386:
- >
- > 386 40MHz PC with ET4000 VGA 8MB RAM DM 2358
- > 120 MB IDE harddisk
- >
- > Cyrix 80387 40MHz DM 330
- >
- > Trinitron instead of std. monitor DM 250
- >
- > Adaptec SCSI hostadapter (no significant
- > speedup against IDE, but you have the SCSI
- > for your scanner, if you need one, DM 520
- > drive is the same price as IDE)
- >
- > OS/2 2.0 DM 212
- >
- > WorkFrame /2 DM 124
- >
- > OS/2 Dev. Toolset DM 165
- > =======
- > DM 3959
- >
- >If you allow me to assume $3000 for the IIsi and a ratio of $1 = DM 1.5
- >I can`t see how the PC is more expensive. Perhaps Mac prices have dropped in
- >the US but you didn`t mention that.
- >
- I don`t allow it to myself any more. I`ve got the latest prices from my local
- Apple dealer:
-
- Mac IIsi, 5MB, 80MB DM 6156
- Enhanced Keyboard DM 433
- Coproc/NuBus Adapt. DM 370
- RGB Monitor / Trinitron 14" DM 1596
- =======
- DM 8555 !!!
- Compare that to DM 3959.
-
- M A C S C O S T T O O M U C H ! ! !
-
- Michael Bode.
-