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- From: brunkhorst@mayo.edu (Geoff Brunkhorst)
- Subject: Re: Will there be a back to school special?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.201012.22191@bmw.mayo.edu>
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- Organization: Mayo Foundation, Rochester MN. Campus
- References: <1992Jul23.174243.20388@athena.mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 20:10:12 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul23.174243.20388@athena.mit.edu> chuck@hans.mit.edu (Chuck
- Parsons) writes:
- >
- > I am seriously considering purchasing a NeXT machine and was a little
- > dissapointed to go down the the campus computer store (MIT) and find that
- > the prices are a few hundred dollars more than I remember from last fall.
-
- The bottom line price discount for pre-committed HUGE volume universities went
- from 40% off to 35% off list this spring. Also, NeXT has the right to
- renegotiate the discount if it appears a university is not meeting their
- committment. MIT may have been affected by either one of these possibilities.
- 5% on 5000 is $250, within the definition of 'a few hundred dollars.'
-
- > Given the time of year I thought it possible that NeXT might be
- > rolling out a promo for the new scholl year as well as to dump all the
- > slabs before the RISC machines come out (I assume they won't come out
- > before Christmas).
-
- you think wrong. The NRW is not going to affect the 'classic 8/105' 6 months
- before your optimistic (read: I ain't holding a spot under my Xmas tree, nor
- my easter basket, for a NRW) schedule. 6 months after, maybe, but not
- before.
-
- If a new promo comes out, I suspect it to be announced August 1 or after.
- I suspect it will be in the form of software bundling, and/or printer
- bundling ("Get all this cool software for worth $2000, for $200, and
- this printer for $100 off!")
-
- > Does anybody know of a better deal on NeXT machines or have any info
-
- buy used. 8/200s are going for 2900-$3500.
-
- > of impending sales events?
-
- no.
-
- - Geoff.
- --
- "The only thing obsoleted by Windows 3.1 is poking myself in the
- eye with a pointed stick." - Gene Lee
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