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- From: sticht@edith.deg.sub.org (Stefan Sticht)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: 4000
- Message-ID: <sticht.0959@edith.deg.sub.org>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 23:20:04 GMT
- References: <BuJBxn.J5r@news.udel.edu> <1992Sep13.215039.29476@hubcap.clemson.edu> <1992Sep13.205844.1@sevmsa.cs.msstate.edu>
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- In article <1992Sep13.205844.1@sevmsa.cs.msstate.edu> gowen@sevmsa.cs.msstate.edu writes:
- >In article <1992Sep13.215039.29476@hubcap.clemson.edu>, charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV) writes:
- [...]
- >Since we are on the subject of pricing, I just wanted to add a few thoughts.
- >IBM (I don't like the word either) users can get an i486 machine complete
- >for about $2000. I believe this is the "DX" machines with a 32-bit bus. A
- >complete A4000 (system & monitor) would cost (using the $2900 figure above)
- >roughly $3400 depending on the monitor. The difference is about $1400,
- >which is significant. I feel that the Amiga is a much better machine, but
- >this price difference is too large. I can afford to pay the difference, but
- >there are many users out there that cannot. I just hope C= can figure out
- >some way to lower prices and yet keep the same high quality, which we all
- >enjoy very much. If anyone can justify the large price difference, I am
- >sure everyone would like to read about it. Oh yes, my statements above
- >assume that the two machines are fairly comparable as far as performance and
- >standard abilities, which I believe is an accurate statement.
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- No doubt, clones are cheaper. But how much did a 486 cost when it came out?
- Wait some months and compare prices later.
-
- Gruss, Stefan
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