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- From: ram@shukra.Eng.Sun.COM (Renu Raman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Subject: Re: SPARCClassic
- Date: 11 Nov 1992 07:35:37 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
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- References: <1992Nov10.205448.3802@ntmtv> <1dpbvnINN1j5@almaak.usc.edu>
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- In article <1dpbvnINN1j5@almaak.usc.edu> ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes:
- >harthc@ntmtv.UUCP (Howard Hart) writes:
- >
- >>Just caught the official announcement this morning. $3995 for
- >>a 15 inch color, 200MB SPARC (Tsunami). Did I just hear
- >>a collective heart attack at Intel and Microsoft?
- >
- >I'm a bit puzzled (only read wall street jnl so far).
- >
- >The price is $4k "in qtys of 12+". Does that mean the list price
- >is $4.5k or so? What would the academic price be? ($4k with 40% off
- >would be quite attractive at $2400).
-
- This is like the 'no dicker sticker' price i.e. no discounts on this
- pricing. All others - you can negotiate to your hearts content :-)
-
- For quantities < 12 - its $4.2K.
-
- >I don't like the 15" color screen -- would have far preferred a bigger
- >mono screen. I do nothing with colour :-(
- >Is there a 17+" mono option to replace the 15"? (Is the ELC still
- >what it used to be?)
-
- ELC continues to be ELC - i.e. no new ELC based on this chip set.
- The move is towards color across the board - since that's what seems
- to sell or wanted most.
-
- >
- >Is Solaris 2 now standard with all these systems?
-
- Yes Solaris 2.X
-
- > -ans.
- >--
- >Ajay Shah, (213)749-8133, ajayshah@usc.edu
-
- On why Intel is selling at $450 - Monopolies can afford to do that.
- I believe their manufacturing cost is a fraction of that (in the 2 digit
- $$ figure). For $450 - one can buy the entire chip set going into
- SPARCclassic and SPARCstation LX. - not just the processor.
- --
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