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From: 12-Apr-1995 0959 <leimberger@marbls.enet.dec.com>
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Subject: RE: Alpha Workstations
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David Roth stated,
>Check this out.
>I went to a local dealer who sells Digital's Alpha worksations and servers to
>see what the prices were looking like down here. The guy there told me that a
>workstation with a 275 MHz processor, 32 Mb ram, 1 Gb hard drive and double
>speed CD-ROM would cost me over US$ 60,000.00. Now, from what I've been
>seeing as far as pricing goes in the US, this kind of configuration would be
>in the 10 to 15 thousand range. Put in an extra 80% for freight and import
>taxes and the price shouldn't pass US$ 30,000.00. HOW THE HELL DOES HE GET TO
>60 GRAND!!!! I THOUGHT THAT ALPHA MACHINES WERE SUPPOSED TO COMPETE WITH
>PENTIUMS!!!! I CAN GET 6 PENTIUM SYSTEMS WITH THAT KIND OF MONEY!!!!
>Sorry about the outburst,
>David.
Well I work at Digital an we have systems here that cost much more than
you quoted. However these are not in the compete with Pentium market .
They are servers for video on demand, Switchers for large phone companies
ect. Thet basically are competing with the mainframe type market. For
$60,000.00 I would think you come to the states spend a week in
Alantic city, visit New Hampshire get a box with a 275 mhz processor
and have change left. Providing of course you don't lose any in Alantic
city. I don'y really know about buying these things outside the states.
Could you order one from the dealers we talk about on the net ?
bill