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- From: jrg@punch (James R. Goble)
- Subject: Re: Mac IIsi 5/80 ---> $946
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.184815.1665@speedy.aero.org>
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- References: <1992Dec15.184453.5121@news.uiowa.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:48:15 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec15.184453.5121@news.uiowa.edu> haferman@icaen.uiowa.edu
- (Jeff Haferman) writes:
- >
- > The above system is being advertised by our University Personal
- > Computing center (the price is for CPU only). Also advertised
- > is a IIci 5/80 for $1419 and a IIci 5/230 for $1662.
- >
- > I was told this is a special offer, good only "while supplies last",
- > and that the prices will go back up after the New Year. Just
- > last week, the price dropped on the IIsi 5/80 to $1208, now another
- > drop. What is going on? Is Apple planning on phasing out the si
- > and ci?
- >
- > I was planning on getting a Mac Classic (for horsepower, I can
- > use other facilities, so I really only need a personal computer
- > for Word Processing, Spreadsheets, etc.), but at these prices,
- > how can I go wrong getting an si?
- >
- > Are other universities dropping their Mac prices? Why just the
- > si and ci?
- >
- >
- > Jeff Haferman internet:
- haferman@icaen.uiowa.edu
- > Department of Mechanical Engineering DoD 0186 BMWMOA 44469 AMA
- 460140
- > The University of Iowa
- > Iowa City, IA 52242 '76 R90S
-
- These seem like great prices! I say take the CPU and run. I might go for
- the Ci myself. Apple probably will drop the Si and Ci soon. So what!
- If they run everything that you care to run on them, you have yourself a
- bargain. The Si and the Ci are solid machines.
-
- Jim Goble,
- Los Angeles
-