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- From: rhoward@matd.gatech.edu (Robert L. Howard)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Subject: Re: SPARCClassic
- Message-ID: <rhoward.721487512@matd>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 13:11:52 GMT
- References: <1dpbvnINN1j5@almaak.usc.edu> <1992Nov11.115246.1116@informatik.uni-bremen.de>
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- Organization: Georgia Tech Research Institute
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- mfr@Informatik.Uni-Bremen.DE. (Michael Froehlich) writes:
-
- >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?
- :
- >>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).
-
- $ 3,995 in Qty 12
- $ 4,295 in Qty 1
-
- Interestingly, if you buy 14 you pay $3995 for 12 and $4295 for the
- extra 2...
-
- >There is no "academic price" :-(. We have to pay the same price as everyone.
-
- Not so, there is academic pricing. It won't be 35-40% off, more like
- 20%. Check with your sales-type...
-
- >>Is Solaris 2 now standard with all these systems?
-
- >Yes, Solaris 2.1 is neccessary (also announced yesterday)
-
- Also interestingly, the OS does NOT come pre-loaded. Since 2.1
- contains "Jump-start" which is supposed to be so easy (you can
- load the OS from scratch either from CD or remotely via network)
- they are letting the end-user do it now. (I actually prefer it
- that way. They never pre-loaded exactly the components I wanted
- anyway).
-
- Robert
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