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- From: fag2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Farul A Ghazali)
- Subject: Re: Latest Prices
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.035922.15347@news.columbia.edu>
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- Organization: Columbia University
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 03:59:22 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.230931.20501@kronos.arc.nasa.gov> kthompso@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Kevin Thompson) writes:
- >In article <82084@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt4997b@prism.gatech.EDU (hamza benamar) writes:
- >>
- >> Here are the prices, educational must I add, at the GTech
- >> computer store :
- >
- >What's really amazing to me is how inconsistent these all are from school to
- >school. I don't have the time nor inclination to type in tons of these, but
- >here's some examples, from the Stanford guide dated 12/31/92
-
- Basically, edu prices are about 25% off list (I think) and each school
- adds a certain amount above the edu prices. For Columbia, it's about
- 10% above the edu pricing.
-
- [price comparison deleted]
-
- >It's just really strange that Stanford is *so* much less, than both the
- >market and Georgia Tech, on some machines, yet more than GT on others. And
- >both schools have far better prices than UC-Irvine, which is where I'm a
- >student (sigh, that's why I bought mine on the open market).
-
- I think the largest difference is for the older machines ie. IIsi and
- LCII. The newer machines are quite similarly priced. And if you think
- it's expensive in Stanford or GT, try NYC. :-)
-
- >
- >Kevin Thompson
- >
-
-
- -- farul ghazali.
- columbia university in the city of new york.
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