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- From: gavin.adams@lso.mts.dec.com (Gavin Adams)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: Windows NT (Not a flame.)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.141048.27872@newshost.lanl.gov>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 14:10:48 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.123632.20162@python.microcom.com>
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- In article <1992Jul22.123632.20162@python.microcom.com> Todd Short,
- short@microcom.com writes:
- >Just because they are charging $69 for the PRE-BETA SDK, in many
- >trade rags, the rumored price of Windows NT will be in the $500
- >range. That may be fine for a DEC (Alpha) customer, or maybe
- >for an RS6000. But for PC's it's unreasonable to ask a non-
- >corporate user to shell out $500 for an OS! DOS itself can be
- >had for $60 with Windows adding another $100. OS/2 can be had
- >for $150 ($49.95 for Windows users until 7/31/92!) (less than
- >DOS/Windows!).
-
- Isn't Windows NT going to *retail* for $495? Mailorder and 3rd party
- source may get the price down to $250-300. I still think this may be a
- little high for an OS, but from the specs I've seen it looks pretty damn
- good!
-
- >Most OS's are packed with their systems, and the
- >user is not (usually) charged for them (the Mac for instance).
- >Only if an OS is "bundled" with a system will it do well. Look
- >at many other computers, and see what I mean.
-
- Most? I'll agree with the MacOS (although you pay for the OS in the base
- product :). For most computers you pay for the OS, even if it is given
- to you for "free". For machines designed for Windows NT, you'll probably
- see Windows NT included in the base price.
-
- >I'm not saying NT
- >will be a bad product (considering it's Unix heritage), but
-
- Gaack! Say it ain't so! From the sepcs. I've seen, WNT has a lot of
- features found in VMS. As some say, WNT = VMS++;
-
- --- Gavin
- Gone Fission. Visualize Whirled Peas!
-