MRC%PANDA@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA (Mark Crispin) (01/16/86)
A $400 computer is a toy. A $400 computer that costs $800 is an expensive toy. The point is that instead of making the ST sell for $400 they should keep the price the same and improve the ST. I have somewhat more in mind by "improving the ST" than adding $35 worth of RAMs. -------
ray@rochester.UUCP (Ray Frank) (01/17/86)
> A $400 computer is a toy. > A $400 computer that costs $800 is an expensive toy. > > The point is that instead of making the ST sell for $400 they should keep > the price the same and improve the ST. > An $800 computer selling for $400 is an inexpensive computer. And if its' an ST, its' one hell of a toy. A $400 Mack? Now THAT's an expensive computer! Four hundred dollars is what I've heard it costs Apple to make the Mack. Ray
hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) (01/18/86)
In article <14622@rochester.UUCP> ray@rochester.UUCP writes: >An $800 computer selling for $400 is an inexpensive computer. And if its' an >ST, its' one hell of a toy. > >A $400 Mack? Now THAT's an expensive computer! >Four hundred dollars is what I've heard it costs Apple to make the Mack. > >Ray But don't forget: you also get a monitor and a disk drive for that price. Quoting different configurations is a good way to become confused (as well as an unethical but surprisingly effective bargaining weapon against car dealers...) -dave -- David Hsu Communication & Signal Processing Lab, EE Department <disclaimer> University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 hsu@eneevax.umd.edu {seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu CF522@UMDD.BITNET "Vern Vern Vern Vern Vern Vern Vern, you've done it now, buddy..." -Ernest P. Worrell
emjej@uokvax.UUCP (01/20/86)
/* Written 12:24 am Jan 16, 1986 by MRC%PANDA@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA in net.micro.atari */ A $400 computer is a toy. A $400 computer that costs $800 is an expensive toy. /* End of text from net.micro.atari */ Would you buy the ST at a store that bought them for $400 and sold them to you for $2000 in a fancy plush room with Windham Hill music piped in? (Of course not, because you know the hoi polloi can get them for $400...but what if you didn't know?) It is function that determines toy status, not price--unless you're of the sort that judges quality by price. James Jones
keen@inuxd.UUCP (D Keen) (01/20/86)
> A $400 computer is a toy. > A $400 computer that costs $800 is an expensive toy. > > The point is that instead of making the ST sell for $400 they should keep > the price the same and improve the ST. > > I have somewhat more in mind by "improving the ST" than adding $35 worth > of RAMs. > ------- Ok Sherman, set the Wayback for 15 years. Now, it is 1971 and I have an ST selling for $400. Is this a toy? What are your standards? More to the point, what is your definition of a toy? If I price a Cray at $400, does it suddenly become a toy? Just curious, Donald Keen AT&T Consumer Products AT&T is not curious; they couldn't care less about any replies or my questions.
tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) (01/22/86)
In article <837@inuxd.UUCP> keen@inuxd.UUCP (D Keen) writes: >what is your definition of a toy? If I price a Cray at $400, >does it suddenly become a toy? > From what one person said here earlier, we can see that a Cray at any price already is a toy. It has external power supplies ... :-) -- Tim Smith sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim