tecot@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Edward Tecot) (07/14/85)
Have to put in my two cents worth (please no net.appropriate comments) >>Are you trying to say that TANDY is stealing engineers from Apple :-) > >Tandy doesn't have that big a sense of humor. Come now, they must; look at what they're producing. >>Anyway, who takes Tandy equipment seriously? >>( Spoken like a true MacBiggot ) > >People who don't like to wait a hundred years for disk drives, aren't >color blind, like IBM compatability, and aren't stupid enough to pay >$3000 for $400 worth of parts (if you don't belive me, open up your >MAC). No, instead, they pay $2000 for $400 worth of parts that they can't use as a computer until they spend $1000 more on things like a monitor, a monitor board. BTW, there is more than $400 worth of parts in the Mac; assuming that you pay the best wholesale prices at quantity one; just the drive, picture tube, power supply, and memory alone, you would be hard pressed to get at under $600. I have a Tandy computer; I have found it most useful as a doorstop; the weight is right. Anyone who puts a high precedence on IBM compatibility has been reading too much PC magazine. Wake up and smell the coffee.
csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe) (07/16/85)
In article <480@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> tecot@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Edward Tecot) writes: >No, instead, they pay $2000 for $400 worth of parts that they can't use ^^^^ $1000 color >as a computer until they spend $1000 more on things like a monitor, ^ >a monitor board. BTW, there is more than $400 worth of parts in the Mac; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ wrong >assuming that you pay the best wholesale prices at quantity one; just the >drive, picture tube, power supply, and memory alone, you would be hard pressed >to get at under $600. Please explain how Apple gets them for $350 (including casing hardware). Anyway, *I'd* rather have a Mac than a Tandy, too. Just not at the price they charge. -- Charles Forsythe CSDF@MIT-VAX "Don't get bogged down with details, just eat the stupid peice of paper." -Rev. Wang Zeep
tecot@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Edward Tecot) (07/19/85)
>>... >>assuming that you pay the best wholesale prices at quantity one; just the >>drive, picture tube, power supply, and memory alone, you would be hard pressed >>to get at under $600. > >Please explain how Apple gets them for $350 (including casing hardware). Please note I said quantity one. Apple buys at quantity 10000 and higher. At these quantities, the parts in a Tandy 2000 are worth about $150. Regardless of who you deal with (especially Tandy), expect to pay at least 4 times the original cost. _emt
markv@dartvax.UUCP (Mark F. Vita) (07/19/85)
> In article <480@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> tecot@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Edward Tecot) writes: > >No, instead, they pay $2000 for $400 worth of parts that they can't use > ^^^^ $1000 > color > >as a computer until they spend $1000 more on things like a monitor, > ^ > >a monitor board. BTW, there is more than $400 worth of parts in the Mac; > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ wrong > >assuming that you pay the best wholesale prices at quantity one; just the > >drive, picture tube, power supply, and memory alone, you would be hard pressed > >to get at under $600. > > Please explain how Apple gets them for $350 (including casing hardware). > > Anyway, *I'd* rather have a Mac than a Tandy, too. Just not at the price > they charge. > > > -- > Charles Forsythe > CSDF@MIT-VAX > "Don't get bogged down with details, just eat > the stupid peice of paper." > -Rev. Wang Zeep Just thought I'd throw myself headlong into the fray... The following information is from the December 1984 BYTE: Tandy Model 2000 Base Price: $2750 Optional Hardware: Monochrome Graphics: $449 Color-Graphics Chip Kit: $199 Monochrome Monitor: $249 Color Monitor: $799 128K RAM expansion kit: $299 External 256K expansion board (with 128K): $499 Some System Prices: Monochrome System with 256K, color/graphics capability $3946 Color System with 256K $4496 I think it should be quite clear that whatever reason people have to buy the Tandy machine over the Macintosh, it isn't to save money. Let me also add that *as IBM-type machines go*, the Tandy 2000 is by far the most impressive that I've seen. However, IBM "compatibility" is a curse which I would not wish on anyone. -- Mark Vita Dartmouth College USENET: {decvax,cornell,linus,astrovax}!dartvax!markv ARPA: markv%dartmouth@csnet-relay CSNET: markv@dartmouth