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- From: kjohnson@castor.cs.uga.edu (Kristopher Johnson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Mac OS vs. TOS (was Re: Falcon Graphics
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.195137.8143@athena.cs.uga.edu>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 19:51:37 GMT
- References: <10190@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> <1992Sep7.005733.3791@spcvxb.spc.edu> <2AAC7AAE.22683@news.service.uci.edu>
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- In article <2AAC7AAE.22683@news.service.uci.edu> jvance@maxwell.oac.uci.edu (Joachim Vance) writes:
- > You are, of course, comparing the street price of the Mac with the
- >suggested list of the bare bones Falcon.
- > I predict that a good street price of the 4meg 65 HD Falcon will be
- >less than $1199. Or you could do it yourself for about that much. Now
- >for about the same price and same storage space, which one is better?
- > I'll pick the one with built-in DSP, amazing sound, and a *lot* more
- >colors than black and white. Plus something that's not limited to a
- >16-bit bus. Granted, to make it fair you have to toss in the cost of
- >a monitor for the Falcon (let's say ~$300). But you can't get all the
- >built-in features of the Falcon for the Classic II for even double
- >that amount.
- > The Classic II loses in hardware features against the Falcon hands
- >down.
- >
- > Software may be a different story, but I'm expecting to see some
- >pretty neat stuff coming out soon to take advantage of the Falcon's
- >features.
-
- I agree and have to say that I'm getting sick of hearing people
- compare SELLING prices of one computer with LIST prices of
- another. It doesn't make any sense. The Mac Classic II 4/40's
- retail price is $1499, which is $100 more than the Falcon030
- 4/65's retail price. Try THAT for comparison! <grin>
-
- Steve
-